Psychometric Properties of the Aggressive Behaviors Scale from the Youth Self-Report in Juvenile Offenders.
Psychometric Properties of the Aggressive Behaviors Scale from the Youth Self-Report in Juvenile Offenders.
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青少年犯罪者青少年自我报告中攻击行为量表的心理测量特性。
DOI：
10.1080/00223891.2019.1618319
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发表时间：
2020
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3.4
通讯作者：
Donenberg,GeriR
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作者：
Kendall,AshleyD;Emerson,ErinM;Zinbarg,RichardE;Donenberg,GeriR
从临床和公共卫生的角度来看，对少年犯攻击行为的研究是一个高度优先的问题，它取决于对攻击行为的适当测量和建模。青少年自我报告中的攻击行为量表（YSR - ab）已被广泛用于衡量青少年的攻击性，通常在分析中作为一个独立的量表（注意，即使单独分析，YSR - ab也必须作为完整的YSR的一部分进行管理，以保持其完整性）。然而，对未成年犯犯罪行为的因素分析结构却缺乏认识。我们解决了这一差距。对310名缓刑青年（年龄为16岁，90%为非裔美国人，66%为男性）的YSR-AB数据进行的因子分析支持了一种等级结构，有2个低阶因子区分了针对他人的攻击（如身体攻击）和相关症状（如情绪波动）。目标攻击项目与其他外化症状的关联显著强于相关症状项目；内化症状则出现了相反的模式。为了进一步支持这些子量表的收敛效度和判别效度，相关症状与性别有不同的联系，女性报告的水平明显高于男性。分层解决方案在1年内表现稳定。讨论了YSR-AB对解释过去发现和开展未来研究的意义。
The study of aggression in juvenile offenders, a high priority from clinical and public health standpoints, depends on properly measuring and modeling aggression. The Aggressive Behaviors scale from the Youth Self-Report (YSR–AB) has been widely used to measure youth aggression, often functioning as a stand-alone scale in analyses (of note, even when analyzed alone, the YSR–AB must be administered as part of the full YSR to retain its integrity). However, knowledge of its factor analytic structure among juvenile offenders is lacking. We addressed this gap. Factor analyses of YSR–AB data from 310 probation youth (Mage = 16 years, 90% African American, 66% male) supported a hierarchical structure, with 2 lower order factors distinguishing aggression targeting others (e.g., physical attack) from related symptoms (e.g., mood swings). The targeted aggression items showed significantly stronger associations with other externalizing symptoms than did the related symptom items; the opposite pattern emerged for internalizing symptoms. In further support of the convergent and discriminant validity of these subscales, the related symptoms were differentially linked to gender, with females reporting significantly higher levels than males. The hierarchical solution appeared to be stable over 1 year. Implications for interpreting past findings and conducting future research with the YSR–AB are discussed.