title: A cross-cultural examination of the Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form among Egyptian and Omani adolescents.
abstract: The psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form (AQ-SF) were examined in 2 samples of Egyptian and Omani adolescents. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) revealed that the 4-factor model had adequate fit to the data of both samples, whereas the unidimensional and hierarchical models did not. Multigroup CFAs revealed culture invariance for the AQ-SF 4-factor model when the 2 samples were compared for each gender. The analysis also revealed gender invariance for the AQ-SF 4-factor model within the Omani sample. However, the analysis showed partial gender invariance for the AQ-SF 4-factor model within the Egyptian sample. A latent mean analysis showed consistent gender differences on Physical Aggression in the male direction when males and females were compared across and within both samples. The AQ-SF correlated positively and significantly with peer nominations but did not correlate with a measure of social desirability.
authors: Department of Psychology, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. sabryrahma@hotmail.com
authors: Sabry M
authors: SM
authors: Abd-El-Fattah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D004534:Egypt; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009850:Oman; D011594:Psychometrics; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012928:Social Desirability; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires