Aggression in the general Swedish population, measured with a new self-rating inventory: The Aggression Questionnaire - revised Swedish version (AQ-RSV)

Prochazka, Helena; Ågren, Hans

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“…The violent inmates scored significantly higher than the healthy men on the AQ-RSV [25] subscales in general. Table III shows that the violent inmates scored significantly higher (p = 0.02) than the bodybuilders on both the Anger subscale and the Hostility subscale (p = 0.002).…”

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“…The revised Swedish version of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ-RSV) [25] distinguished between a group of violent inmates and two other groups based on the subscale scores ( Table 3). These results overlapped to some extent with those obtained after the application of the BS-AQ [26].…”

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“…The Swedish version of the AQ [25] was developed for research into clinical aggression based on the US American version of the AQ [21]. For validation, the test was mailed to 781 randomly selected individuals aged 20 -40 years.…”

Section: The Aggression Questionnaire-revised Swedish Version (Aq-rsv)mentioning

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“…This led us to investigate whether the AQ-RSV [25] and the BS-AQ [26] can distinguish between different levels of aggression in three selected groups of men: extremely violent prisoners, bodybuilders, and healthy men.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A translated and validated Revised Swedish Version (RSV), based on the validation standard of the AQ [21] now exists (AQ-RSV) [25] for clinical use and research in the general population.…”

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Aggression questionnaire scores in extremely violent male prisoners, male bodybuilders, and healthy non-violent men

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2013

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Two aggression questionnaires, the Revised Swedish Version (AQ-RSV) of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) and the shortened and refined version by Bryant and Smith (BS-AQ) were compared. Both questionnaires identified subscore levels of aggression and there were significant differences between the groups. On the AQ-RSV subscales, the violent inmates showed statistically significantly more aggression for Hostility (p = 0.000), Anger (p = 0.000), Physical Aggression (p = 0.000) and Verbal Aggression (p = 0.01) than the healthy (non-violent) men. The bodybuilders, all "on" performance-enhancing substances, scored significantly higher on the Physical Aggression subscale than the healthy men (p = 0.000). Compared to the bodybuilders, the violent inmates scored significantly higher on the Anger (p = 0.02) and Hostility (p = 0.002) subscales. For the BS-AQ, where general variance was higher than for the original AQ, some of the above mentioned relationships were different. The violent inmates still scored significantly higher than the healthy men for Hostility (p = 0.000), Anger (p = 0.006) and Physical Aggression (p = 0.000), but not for Verbal Aggression. The inmates scored significantly higher than the bodybuilders for Anger (p = 0.006) and Verbal Aggression (p = 0.006), and the bodybuilders scored higher than the healthy men on the Physical Aggression (p = 0.002) subscale only. These and other more complex relationships are discussed in the light of previous findings. Thus the BS-AQ resulted in more sharply defined relationships and, at the same time, showed some important differences between the groups studied. Verbal Aggression does not seem to distinguish violent inmates from healthy men. Angry bodybuilders tend to express their aggression through Physical Aggression.

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confidence: 99%

Section: The Aggression Questionnaire-revised Swedish Version (Aq-rsv)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A translated and validated Revised Swedish Version (RSV), based on the validation standard of the AQ [21] now exists (AQ-RSV) [25] for clinical use and research in the general population.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Aggression questionnaire scores in extremely violent male prisoners, male bodybuilders, and healthy non-violent men

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2013

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Self‐report versus clinician‐ratings in the assessment of aggression in violent offenders

Berlin

Tärnhäll

Hofvander

et al. 2021

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Background The construct of aggression is central to work with violent offenders, but it is a broad construct that can be assessed by many different methods and instruments. Its measurement may, however, have profound implications for treatment planning. We need more knowledge about how different methods for assessing aggression relate to each other. Aims Our aims were to investigate, first, the convergence and concordance of two methods of assessing aggression: self‐report and clinical assessment and, second, to determine the degree to which aggression can be discriminated from neighbouring constructs, such as hostility, anger and criminal behaviour. Methods A nationally representative Swedish cohort of 269 18–25‐year‐old incarcerated violent offenders was recruited. Data were collected through structured self‐reports of aggression, anger and hostility traits (Aggression Questionnaire‐Revised Swedish Version) and clinical assessments of lifetime prevalence of aggressive and antisocial behaviours (Life History of Aggression). Criminal records were retrieved from the Swedish National Crime Register. Results Self‐ratings and clinician‐ratings of aggression were highly convergent and concordant, especially regarding physical aggression. Violent offence records were weakly, if at all, correlated, while self‐reported hostility was weakly, or not at all, correlated with self‐reported or with clinician‐rated aggression. There was an inverse relationship between aggression and criminal records of sexual offences. Conclusions and Implications Even though a combination of self‐reports and clinician‐ratings may provide a better overview of an individual's aggressive behaviours, our results indicate that they yield such similar information that either alone would be sensitive enough. Our results do not, however, support using one of these methods as a proxy for the other since choice of measure and accepted concordance between them depend on the context within which the assessment is conducted. We reconfirmed that official records of violent offending are unlikely to be adequate measures of outcome after interventions to reduce aggressive behaviours.

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Preventing intimate partner violence via the Internet: A randomized controlled trial of emotion‐regulation and conflict‐management training for individuals with aggression problems

Hesser

Axelsson

Bäcke

et al. 2017

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Internet-delivered clinician-guided cognitive behaviour therapy is a viable treatment option for reducing intimate partner violence among self-recruited individuals with mild forms of abusive behaviour. For persons who display patterns of frequent and severe violence, other treatments are most likely needed. Emotion-regulation training is potentially a key therapeutic component that ought to be incorporated in interventions targeting IPV.

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Aggression in the general Swedish population, measured with a new self-rating inventory: The Aggression Questionnaire - revised Swedish version (AQ-RSV)

Cited by 35 publications

References 13 publications

Aggression questionnaire scores in extremely violent male prisoners, male bodybuilders, and healthy non-violent men

Aggression questionnaire scores in extremely violent male prisoners, male bodybuilders, and healthy non-violent men

Self‐report versus clinician‐ratings in the assessment of aggression in violent offenders

Preventing intimate partner violence via the Internet: A randomized controlled trial of emotion‐regulation and conflict‐management training for individuals with aggression problems

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