The reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire: differential correlates of reactive and proactive aggression in adolescent boys
This study reports the development of the Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ), and the differential correlates of these two forms of aggression. Antisocial, psychosocial and personality measures were obtained at ages 7 and 16 years in schoolboys, while the RPQ was administered to 334 o...
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Published in | Aggressive behavior Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 159 - 171 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Hoboken
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
01.04.2006
Wiley-Liss |
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Summary: | This study reports the development of the Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ), and the differential correlates of these two forms of aggression. Antisocial, psychosocial and personality measures were obtained at ages 7 and 16 years in schoolboys, while the RPQ was administered to 334 of the boys at age 16 years. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a significant fit for a two‐factor proactive–reactive model that replicated from one independent subsample to another. Proactive aggression was uniquely characterized at age 7 by initiation of fights, strong‐arm tactics, delinquency, poor school motivation, poor peer relationships, single‐parent status, psychosocial adversity, substance‐abusing parents, and hyperactivity, and at age 16 by a psychopathic personality, blunted affect, delinquency, and serious violent offending. Reactive aggression was uniquely characterized at age 16 by impulsivity, hostility, social anxiety, lack of close friends, unusual perceptual experiences, and ideas of reference. Findings confirm and extend the differential correlates of proactive–reactive aggression, and demonstrate that this brief but reliable and valid self‐report instrument can be used to assess proactive and reactive aggression in child and adolescent samples. Aggr. Behav. 32:159–171, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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Bibliography: | Independent Scientist Award - No. K02 MH01114-01 Research Scientist Award from NIMH - No. K05 MH 01027 Scholar-in-Residence award from the Borchard Foundation ark:/67375/WNG-LLZN87FB-4 NIMH - No. RO1 MH51091-01A1 ArticleID:AB20115 istex:A74A39F68834A52C2C4279262CB0530AC500DDC5 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0096-140X 1098-2337 1098-2337 |
DOI: | 10.1002/ab.20115 |