The generalizability of the Buss-Perry aggression questionnaire

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 124-136

  Gerevich, József ^a,b,e   Bácskai, Erika ^a   Czobor, Pál ^c,d  

^a Addiction Research Institute Budapest   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Buss and Perry's Aggression Questionnaire; Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses; Generalizability; Representative sample

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BUSS PERRY AGGRESSION QUESTIONAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

AGGRESSION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34648816670     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.221     Document Type: Article

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