Validation of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form among Portuguese juvenile delinquents

Pedro Pechorro; Ricardo Barroso; Carlos Poiares; João Pedro Oliveira; Ohiana Torrealday

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.08.033

Validation of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form among Portuguese juvenile delinquents

Int J Law Psychiatry. 2016 Jan-Feb:44:75-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.08.033. Epub 2015 Aug 22.

Authors

Pedro Pechorro¹, Ricardo Barroso², Carlos Poiares³, João Pedro Oliveira³, Ohiana Torrealday⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal. Electronic address: ppechorro@gmail.com.
² University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal.
³ Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, Portugal.
⁴ UTMB Correctional Managed Care, USA.

PMID: 26303901
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.08.033

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to validate the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form (BPAQ-SF) among Portuguese juvenile delinquents. With a total sample of 237 male participants, subdivided into an incarcerated forensic sample (n=192) and a community sample (n=45), the Portuguese version of the BPAQ-SF demonstrated good psychometric properties in terms of factor structure, internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity, predictive validity and known-groups validity that generally justify its use among Portuguese youth. Statistically significant associations were found with drug use and alcohol abuse.

Keywords: Aggression; Assessment; BPAQ-SF; Juvenile delinquency; Validation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aggression / psychology*
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency / psychology*
Male
Personality Assessment
Portugal
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires*