Cross-cultural generalizability of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ).
In this study, we assessed the cross-cultural generalizability of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ) and tested the hypotheses that boys show higher levels of proactive aggression with increasing age and that a two-factor (reactive-proactive) structure will be observed in an East Asian population. We administered the RPQ to 5,615 male and female 11- to 15-year-old schoolchildren. CFA demonstrated a good fit of the two-factor reactive-proactive model. Proactive aggression increased significantly with age in boys but not girls, whereas reactive aggression showed no gender difference and only a minimal age increase. Results suggest the presence of meaningful differences between these aggression subtypes and the generalizability of the RPQ in an East Asian population.
Fung
Annis Lai-Chu
AL
Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, China. annis.fung@cityu.edu.hk
Raine
Adrian
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Gao
Yu
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000374:Aggression; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012650:Self Disclosure; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*