Development and Preliminary Validation of a Chinese Version of the Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire in a Population of Hong Kong Chinese

Abstract

I developed a Chinese version of the Aggression Questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) by translating scale items into Chinese and subjecting them to standard validation procedures. I used confirmatory factor analysis via structural equation modeling to compare several measurement models. Models based on Buss and Perry's (1992) original four-factor (29-item) scale failed to replicate in the Chinese sample; however, the construct validity of Bryant and Smith's (2001) abridged version of the Aggression Questionnaire received strong overall support. The new 12-item scale demonstrated good fit to the data and adequate internal reliability. Evidence for criterion validity was provided by the scale's sensitivity to differing levels of aggression in males and females. Convergent and discriminant validity received partial support from the pattern of correlations with a measure of anger rumination. Linguistic and metric equivalence were supported by high correlation coefficients between scores on Chinese and English versions of the scale completed by bilingual Chinese on separate occasions. Consistent replications of these preliminary results across three independent samples suggest that the Chinese version of the Aggression Questionnaire may be useful for clinical assessment and cross-cultural research.

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“…Aggressive symptoms in this study were assessed with the Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire [29], which consists of 30 items. The revised Chinese version includes five subscales: physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, hostility, and self-oriented attack [30]. There is no consensus as to a precise definition of the concept of “aggression,” but this questionnaire is considered to allow comparisons to be made between participants and controls on internal aggressiveness.…”

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“…Several studies on adaptations of the AQ in different languages and cultures (29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41), although being able to confirm the four-factor structure, found some disagreement with the original model of Buss and Perry (23) on an item level and with respect to the interpretation and denomination of the factors (38). In the present sample, Physical Aggression (Factor 1) and Hostility (Factor 2) were consistent with the original questionnaire, whereas Factor 3 and Factor 4 computed from items that were originally from Anger and Verbal Aggression subscales.…”

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“…BPA has been one of the most popular self-report inventories for the measurement of four different dimensions (anger, hostility, physical aggression, and verbal aggression) during the past two decades since its publication in 1992 [17]. This 29-item questionnaire is scored with a 5-level scale for each question, contributing to a total score and four subscales of each dimension.…”

“…A higher score suggests a higher level of aggression feelings [4]. BPA has been validated in Chinese version as well [17]. …”