The Meaning of Aggression Varies Across Culture: Testing the Measurement Invariance of the Refined Aggression Questionnaire in Samples From Spain, the United States, and Hong Kong

David Gallardo-Pujol, Eva Penelo, Cindy Sit, Montsant Jornet-Gibert, Carlos Suso, Macià Buades-Rotger, Alberto Maydeu-Olivares, Antonio Andrés-Pueyo, Fred B. Bryant

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Abstract

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Cultural differences in aggression are still poorly understood. The purpose of this article is to assess whether a tool for measuring aggression has the same meaning across cultures. Analyzing samples from Spain (n = 262), the United States (n = 344), and Hong Kong (n = 645), we used confirmatory factor analysis to investigate measurement invariance of the refined version of the Aggression Questionnaire (Bryant & Smith, 2001). The measurement of aggression was more equivalent between the Chinese and Spanish versions than between these two and the U.S. version. Aggression does not show invariance at the cultural level. Cultural variables such as affective autonomy or individualism could influence the meaning of aggression. Aggressive behavior models can be improved by incorporating cultural variables.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)515-520
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Personality Assessment
Volume101
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Sept 2019

Keywords

  • ADAPTATION
  • BEHAVIOR
  • DETERMINANTS
  • DIMENSIONS
  • JAPANESE
  • PERSONALITY
  • SEX-DIFFERENCES
  • VALIDATION
  • VALUES
  • VERSION

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