Citation

Diamond PM, Wang EW, Buffington-Vollum J. Crim. Justice Behav. 2005; 32(5): 546-564.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0093854805278416

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Because of the rising frequency and severity of violence in prison populations, quick and accurate screening of aggressiveness is vital. The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) is a 29-item self-report measure of aggression. Bryant and Smith proposed a refined 12-item, four-factor version with superior psychometric qualities; however, Williams, Boyd, Cascardi, and Poythress found a different factor structure among jail detainees than is usually found with nonoffenders. The current study used confirmatory factor analyses with data from mentally ill male offenders in a state prison to examine several previously proposed models for the BPAQ.

RESULTS confirmed the four-factor structure, the factorial invariance across populations, and supported the use of a modified 12-item refined BPAQ with this prison population.

Language: en