Author, as appears in the article.: Chahin-Pinzon, Nicolas; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano; Vigil-Colet, Andreu;

Department: Psicologia

URV's Author/s: Lorenzo Seva, Urbano / Vigil Colet, Andrés

Keywords: Adolescence Aggression Fit indexes Japanese Measurement invariance Model Psychological tests Quantitative research Reduced versions Scale adaptation Sex-differences Test adaptation Validation

Abstract: This study presents the Colombian adaptation of the Buss and Perry's Aggression Questionnaire for preadolescents and adolescents. The test was administered to a sample of 535 children (269 boys and 266 girls) with an age range of 8-16 years old, belonging to three schools of Bucaramanga. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit to the four-factor model and reliability was satisfactory. The reliability was good for overall scale (alpha = 0.82) and physical aggression scale (alpha = 0.75) while it was sufficient or poor for the other scales depending upon the age group, not being suitable for ages under 12 years-old. Referring to sex effects, we found them only for physical aggression. Finally, this study places particular emphasis on the importance of linguistic and cultural aspects in test adaptation, even when both cultures share the same language.

Thematic Areas: Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo Ciencias sociales Direito Educação Educação física Enfermagem Engenharias iii General psychology Historia Interdisciplinar Linguística e literatura Medicina i Medicina ii Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Psicología Psychology (all) Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology, multidisciplinary Serviço social Social psychology Sociología

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: urbano.lorenzo@urv.cat andreu.vigil@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0001-5369-3099 0000-0003-3818-4514

Record's date: 2023-04-01

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/issue/view/149

Papper original source: Universitas Psychologica. 11 (3): 979-988

APA: Chahin-Pinzon, Nicolas; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano; Vigil-Colet, Andreu; (2012). Psychometric Properties of Colombian Adaptation of Buss and Perry's Aggression Questionnaire for Teenagers in a Sample of Bucaramanga. Universitas Psychologica, 11(3), 979-988

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2012

Publication Type: Journal Publications