Citation

Borah TJ, Murray AL, Eisner M, Jugl I. J. Interpers. Violence 2018; ePub(ePub): 886260518812068.

Affiliation

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260518812068

PMID

30474466

Abstract

Experience sampling methodologies are likely to play an important role in advancing our understanding of momentary influences on aggression, including short-term antecedent psychological states and situations. In this study, we evaluate whether a newly developed experiencing sampling measure of aggression, the Aggression Experience Sampler ( Aggression-ES), provides a valid and reliable measure of aggression in experience sampling contexts. Participants were a convenience sample of 23 young adults recruited from the local University community. Data were collected using an experience sampling smartphone application over 8 days. They were analyzed using multilevel structural equation modeling. Our results support the within- and between-person reliability and the criterion validity of the Aggression-ES. The Aggression-ES represents a good choice of measure for use in experience sampling studies of aggression. Further work in other samples will help to provide further validity evidence for the measure.

Language: en

Keywords

aggression; experience sampling; measurement; psychometric; violence