title: The Peer Aggressive and Reactive Behavior Questionnaire (PARB-Q): measurement invariance across Italian and Brazilian children, gender and age.
abstract: This study examines measurement invariance, reliability and scores differences of the Peer Aggressive and Reactive Behaviors Questionnaire (PARB-Q) across Italian and Brazilian children, gender and age. Participants were 587 Italian and 727 Brazilian children, aged 7-13 years from 12 elementary schools. The PARB-Q is a brief self-report instrument composed by two scales that assess aggressive behavior and reactions to peer aggression. Multigroup confirmatory factor analyses indicated full measurement invariance of the PARB-Q across groups based on country, gender and age, providing support for the unidimensionality of the first scale (direct peer aggression, PA) and a 3-factor model of the second scale (reactive aggression, RA; seeking teacher support, STS; internalizing reaction, IR). Reliability indices were good for all factors. Italian children reported a higher frequency of PA and a lower frequency of IR than the Brazilian children. Boys scored higher than girls on PA and RA, while girls scored higher than boys on STS and IR. Younger children reported a lower frequency of PA and a higher frequency of STS than older children. Results provide support for structure validity and reliability of the PARB-Q in two countries and information on differences related to gender, age and culture in peer relationships in elementary school.
authors: Institute of Psychology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors: Juliane Callegaro
authors: JC
authors: Borsa
authors: Bruno Figueiredo
authors: BF
authors: Damásio
authors: Denise Ruschel
authors: DR
authors: Bandeira
authors: Paola
authors: P
authors: Gremigni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors
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