The Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire: Validation Among a Portuguese Sample of Incarcerated Juvenile Delinquents

Pechorro, Pedro; Ray, James V.; Raine, Adrian; Marôco, João; Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa

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“…In the study, significant correlations ranging from 0.70 to 0.78 were determined between proactive aggression and reactive aggression for junior high school, high school, and the general samples. These values are quite similar to previous studies such as Cima et al (2013); Crick and Dodge (1996);Fung et al (2009);Miller and Lynam (2006);Pechorro et al (2015); Raine et al (2006); Uz- Baş and Yurdabakan (2012). Even identified with different cognitive and emotional factors, significant positive correlations determined in many studies between these two aggressions suggest that these two forms of aggression can be seen in many children and adolescents and an individual prone to either forms of aggression cannot be excluded in terms of another aggression form.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…The lowest factor loading was 0.55. Other studies conducted in different cultures also support two-dimensional structure of RPQ and a high correlation between these two dimensions (Andreu et al, 2009;Baker et al, 2008;Cima et al, 2013;Pechorro et al, 2015;Raine et al, 2006). In the study, significant correlations ranging from 0.70 to 0.78 were determined between proactive aggression and reactive aggression for junior high school, high school, and the general samples.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…First, we hypothesized that the two-factor model (reactive-proactive) would indicate a better fit than the one-factor model (general aggression) did in other cultures (Cima et al, 2013;Fossati et al, 2009;Fung et al, 2009;Seah and Ang, 2008;Pechorro et al, 2015;Raine et al, 2006). Second we hypothesized that while reactive aggression is positively associated with trait anger, anxiety, depression and hostility, proactive aggression is not as consistent with earlier studies (Card and Little, 2006;Raine et al, 2006;Fite et al, 2009;Vitaro et al, 2002).…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Similar reliability results were obtained in different studies. For instance, Cima et al (2013) identified Cronbach"s alpha 0.83 and 0.87 respectively for reactive and proactive scales and Pechorro et al (2015) identified Cronbach"s alphas as 0.86 and 0.91. The two-factor model has better fit values than the one-factor model, despite the high correlation between the two scales of RPQ (Andreu et al, 2009;Baker et al, 2008;Cima et al, 2013;Pechorro et al, 2015;Raine et al, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There are studies in favor of two-factor model comparing one-factor model of RPQ in many cultures (Cima et al, 2013;Fossati et al, 2009;Fung et al, 2009;Seah and Ang, 2008;Pechorro et al, 2015;Raine et al, 2006). Although, there are studies supporting cross-cultural generalizability of RPQ, there is limited available evidence for the validity of RPQ for the Turkish sample.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Validity and Reliability of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire in Turkish Adolescents

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Avci²,

ColakkadÄ±oglu³

2016

Educ. Res. Rev.

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The aim of this study was to adapt the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ), developed to measure two dimensions of aggression which are reactive and proactive, to Turkish and test the validity and reliability of the Turkish form. The study group consisted of 278 students in four junior high schools in Adana, Turkey, and 485 students in four high schools in Hatay, Turkey. One-factor and twofactor models were compared in the study of Confirmatory Factor Analysis conducted to examine the construct validity of the scale and the two-factor model was found to have better fit values for both junior high school and high school students, as well as the general study group as a whole. It was found that reactive and proactive aggressions have significant relations with attitude towards violence, trait anger, delinquency, deviant peers, anxiety, depression and hostility. Furthermore, it was determined that the scale has high internal consistency and item-total correlation. The results obtained in this study are consistent with the results of the original form of the scale. Findings of the study demonstrate that the Turkish version of RPQ has adequate reliability and validity values.

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confidence: 89%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 70%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 77%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The relation between young adults' trust beliefs in others and interpersonal hostility

Rotenberg

Manley

Walker

2021

Aggressive Behavior

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The research examined whether, and if so how, young adults' trust beliefs in others were associated with interpersonal hostility. The participants in Study 1 were 139 young adults from the UK (76 women; Mage = 20.8). In Study 2, 88 young adult women from the UK (Mage = 21.5) served as participants. The participants completed a standardized measure of trust beliefs in others (total with reliability, honesty, and emotional subscales). In Study 1, participants imagined they were victims of peer provocation. They were required to judge the intention for the provocation and their retaliation to it. In Study 2, the participants were engaged in a lab-based acquaintanceship interaction that involved the exchange of disclosures.They completed an adjective checklist that assessed anger and evaluated the quality of the conversation. Trust beliefs were linearly and negatively associated with the attribution of hostile intentions, retaliation, anger toward others, and critical evaluation of a developing peer relationship. As expected though, quadratic relations were found. Young adults with very low and those with very high trust beliefs (primarily emotionally based) showed greater attribution of hostile intentions, retaliation, anger toward others, and critical evaluation of a developing peer relationship than did young adults with the middle range of trust beliefs. The linear relations supported the hypothesis that trust promotes psychosocial adjustment.The quadratic relations supported the deviation from the normative trust (centralist) approach primarily for emotional trust beliefs in others.anger, attribution of hostile intentions, critical evaluation of peer relationships, retaliation, trust beliefs, young adults The principle that trust promotes psychosocial adjustment (TPPA) is the cornerstone of Attachment Theory (Cohn, 1990;De Winter et al., 2016), Generalized Expectancy Theory (Rotter, 1980), and Social Capital Theory (Cozzolino, 2011. As support for the TPPA, individuals' trust beliefs in others have been found to be concurrently and prospectively associated with prosocial behavior (Malti et al., 2016), lower levels of internalized psychopathology, and lower levels of externalized psychopathology (Malti et al., 2013;Rotenberg et al., 2005). The contrasting Centralist Approach to Trust (CAT) conceptualizes trust as a continuum in which deviation from normative patterns of trust beliefs and behavior results in psychosocial maladjustment (Rotenberg, unpublished). CAT is supported by quadratic relations in which children and early adolescents with very high trust and those with very low beliefs in others demonstrate greater psychosocial maladjustment (e.g., retaliatory aggression) than those with the middle range of trust beliefs in others (Rotenberg et al., 2013).The current research was designed to further investigate the contrasting TPPA and CAT hypotheses. The research examined whether there were linear and curvilinear relations between trust

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The Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents: Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties Among a School Sample of Portuguese Youths

Pechorro

Ayala-Nunes

Nunes

et al. 2016

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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Over the last decades there has been an increased interest in assessing social anxiety in adolescents. This study aims to validate the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) to Portuguese youth, and to examine its invariance across gender as well as its psychometric properties. The participants were 782 Portuguese youths (371 males, 411 females), with an average age of 15.87 years (SD = 1.72). The results support the original three-factor structure of the SAS-A, with measurement invariance being found across gender, with females scoring higher than males on two subscales. High levels of internal consistency were found. Positive associations with empathy demonstrated that high socially anxious adolescents have elevated empathy tendencies. Mostly null or low negative associations were found with measures of psychopathic traits, callous-unemotional traits and aggression. Study findings provide evidence that the SAS-A is a psychometrically sound instrument that shows measurement invariance between genders, good reliability and positive correlations with empathy.

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The Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire: Validation Among a Portuguese Sample of Incarcerated Juvenile Delinquents

Cited by 51 publications

References 59 publications

Validity and Reliability of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire in Turkish Adolescents

Validity and Reliability of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire in Turkish Adolescents

The relation between young adults' trust beliefs in others and interpersonal hostility

The Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents: Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties Among a School Sample of Portuguese Youths

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