The validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Buss-Perry's aggression questionnaire in male substance dependent inpatients

Dusunen Adam - The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 283-295

  Evren, Cüneyt ^a   Çinar, Özgül ^a   Güleç, Hüseyin ^b   Çelik, Selime ^c   Evren, Bilge ^d  

^a Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry   (Turkey)

^b Erenkoy Training and Resarch Hospital for Psychiatry   (Turkey)

^c SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Baltalimani State Hospital for Muskuloskeletal Disorders   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aggression questionnaire; Psychometrics; Reliability; Substance dependence; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATE-TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84455206693     PISSN: 10188681     EISSN: 13095749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5350/DAJPN2011240404     Document Type: Article

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