The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Structure, Validity, Reliability, and Generalizability

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 638-649

  Webster, Gregory D ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^b   Pond, Richard S ^c   Deckman, Timothy ^b   Jonason, Peter K ^d   Le, Bonnie M ^e   Nichols, Austin Lee ^f   Schember, Tatiana Orozco ^a   Crysel, Laura C ^g   Crosier, Benjamin S ^h   Smith, C Veronica ⁱ   Paddock, E Layne ^j   Nezlek, John B ^k,l   Kirkpatrick, Lee A ^k   Bryan, Angela D ^m   Bator, Renée J ⁿ  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^g STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^l SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁿ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945437768     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2015.1044093     Document Type: Article

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