A cross-cultural study of the psychometric properties of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire among Italian nonclinical adolescents.
Five independent studies were used to test the hypothesis that a reliable 2-factor structure underlies the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ) items and that the 2 scales show distinct patterns of association with personality and bullying behavior measures. Study 1 (N = 1,447) gave evidence of a clear 2-factor structure of RPQ items with factor loading matrices closely matching reactive (congruence coefficient = .90) and proactive (congruence coefficient = .91) models of item assignment. The RPQ 2-factor structure was consistently replicated in Study 2 (N = 662), as well as across the remaining 3 studies. In Study 3 (N = 536), Neuroticism differentiated reactive and proactive forms of aggression. In Study 4 (N = 674), self-reports of bullying behaviors were selectively correlated with proactive aggression. Findings confirm and extend the differential correlates of proactive-reactive aggression and also support the psychometric properties of the RPQ in a different cultural context. Finally, in Study 5 (N = 347), the RPQ scales showed adequate 2-month test-retest reliability. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).
Fossati
Andrea
A
Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.
Raine
Adrian
A
Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania.
Borroni
Serena
S
Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.
Bizzozero
Alice
A
Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.
Volpi
Elisa
E
Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.
Santalucia
Iolanda
I
Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.
Maffei
Cesare
C
0000-0002-6491-9476
Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012650:Self Disclosure; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*