Assessing aggressiveness quickly and efficiently: the Spanish adaptation of Aggression Questionnaire-refined version

Eur Psychiatry. 2006 Oct;21(7):487-94. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.02.002. Epub 2006 May 3.

Abstract

The assessment of aggressiveness and the prediction of aggression has become a relevant research and applied topic in Psychiatry and Psychology. There have been many attempts in order to get a fast and reliable tool to measure aggression. Buss and Durkee started the pathway, and recently Bryant and Smith developed a tool with an enormous potential, a fast-applicable, reliable and valid test. We herein report a Spanish adaptation of this test and we show that aggressiveness can be measured rapidly, and in a simple, valid and reliable way across different populations. We focus on the discriminant capacity of this test to detect aggressive individuals.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aggression / psychology*
  • Anger
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison*
  • Female
  • Hostility
  • Humans
  • Language*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Personality Assessment / statistics & numerical data*
  • Prisoners / psychology
  • Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data
  • Reference Values
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spain
  • Surveys and Questionnaires*