Validation of a Brief Measure of Aggression for Ecological Momentary Assessment Research: The Aggression-ES-A

Murray, Aja Louise; Eisner, Manuel; Ribeaud, Denis; Booth, Tom

doi:10.1177/1073191120976851

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“…The Aggression-ES Scale was developed to assess participants’ immediate aggressive behaviour, rather than their trait aggressiveness, by experience sampling methodologies (Borah, Murray, Eisner, & Jugl, 2018 ). Omega reliability for the Aggression-ES Scale was reported to be 0.66 at the within-person level and 0.85 at the between-person level (Murray, Eisner, Ribeaud, & Booth, 2020 ). The Aggression-ES Scale was translated into Turkish and modified in accordance with the purpose of the present study, in which the participants were asked about the frequency of aggressive behaviours in the past 2 weeks using a five-point Likert scale from 1 (never) to 5 (always).…”

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Intolerance of uncertainty, rumination, post-traumatic stress symptoms and aggression during COVID-19: a serial mediation model

Çelik

Alpay

Çelebi

et al. 2021

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can be identified as a source of traumatic stress. Previous studies have shown that post-traumatic stress and intolerance of uncertainty are associated with aggressive behaviour. Objective In the present study, we aimed to test a serial mediation model, considering rumination and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) as mediators that link intolerance of uncertainty and aggression, while controlling the confounding effect of crisis-induced health and socioeconomic stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method A total of 714 participants [533 (74.6%) females, 176 (24.7%) males, aged 18–64 years ( M age = 25.16, SD age = 9.34)] completed the following self-reported scales: Aggression Scale, COVID-19 stressors checklist, Short Version of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, Impact of Event Scale with Modifications for COVID-19, and Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire. Results The results revealed that there was an association between intolerance of uncertainty and aggressive behaviours. Moreover, the results of serial mediation analysis showed that intolerance of uncertainty predicts aggressive behaviours via rumination and PTSS. Besides, socioeconomic stressors are significantly associated with the level of PTSS and aggression, while health stressors are not significantly association with the level of PTSS and aggression. Conclusions The findings provide several contributions to understand the link between intolerance of uncertainty and aggressive behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic, and confirm the importance of early psychological intervention, especially for those who are more likely to ruminate and suffer from PTSS, to prevent aggression and violence in the long run. In addition to health-related regulations, it is important to take the social and economic aspects of the crisis into account and develop intervention strategies accordingly. Nevertheless, the limitations of cross-sectional mediation analysis in explaining causal relationships should be kept in mind, and future studies should extend these findings using longitudinal data.

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Intolerance of uncertainty, rumination, post-traumatic stress symptoms and aggression during COVID-19: a serial mediation model

Çelik

Alpay

Çelebi

et al. 2021

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…For another collaborative study, led by Aja Murray (University of Edinburgh), n = 255 z-proso participants took part in an ecological momentary assessment following the age 20 assessment. Participants were prompted four times per day over two weeks to report on sensations such as momentary aggression, provocation, and affective state (Murray et al, 2020d(Murray et al, , 2021b.…”

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Cohort Profile: The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso)

Ribeaud

Murray

Shanahan

et al. 2022

J Dev Life Course Criminology

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The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso) began in 2004 in response to the need for a better evidence base to support optimal child social development and prevent crime and violence. Since then, the study has tracked the development of a diverse sample of youths (N = 1,675 in the target sample; ~50% female) from age 7 (n = 1,360) to age 20 (n = 1,180), with primary data collection waves at ages 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, and 20. The study uses a multi-method, multi-informant design that combines teacher, youth, and parent reports with observational and behavioural measures, biosampling, functional imaging, and ecological momentary assessment. Analyses of the data have contributed important evidence to a diversity of topics in child and adolescent development, illuminating the developmental roots of crime and aggression, the impacts of exposure to different forms and combinations of victimisation, and trajectories of mental health and neurodevelopmental symptoms.

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“…For example, one study established that the SBQ as administered in the current sample has a wide “reliable range of measurement” meaning that it yields reliable scores for a wide range of trait levels (Murray, Eisner, & Ribeaud, 2017), while another suggested that it yielded measurement invariant scores up to the metric level longitudinally over adolescence (Murray, Obsuth, et al, 2017). The factorial validity of the SBQ has also been investigated and supported (Murray, Eisner, & Obsuth, et al, 2017), and its criterion validity can be inferred from evidence across numerous studies that show that its aggression items correlate well with other relevant measures such as aggressive behavior measured using an ecological momentary assessment study design, self-control, moral neutralization, and violent ideations (Murray, Eisner & Ribeaud, 2018; Murray et al, 2020).…”

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Gender differences in cross-informant discrepancies in aggressive and prosocial behavior: A latent difference score analysis.

Murray¹,

Nivette²,

Mirman³

et al. 2022

Psychological Assessment

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Cross-informant discrepancies (CIDs) in youth behavior are common. Given that these same behaviors often show or are perceived to show gender differences, it is important to understand how informant perceptions and their discrepancies are affected by gender. In n = 1,048 (51% male) Grade 5 (age 11) Swiss youth, self-versus teacher (n = 261) CIDs were explored using latent difference score (LDS) modeling. CIDs in prosociality (β = −.15) and aggression (β = .14) were predicted by child gender after adjusting for a range of covariates. Males reported more aggression than was attributed to them by teachers whereas females reported less aggression than was attributed to them. Both genders reported more prosociality than was attributed to them, with a larger discrepancy for males. Accounting for gender-related informant differences could help improve assessments used to ascertain whether clinically significant problems are present. Public Significance StatementWhen assessing child social and behavior problems, gathering information from multiple sources (e.g., both teachers and youth themselves) is recommended; however, these sources often disagree. We found that gender impacts the disagreements between youth and their teachers on youth aggressive and prosocial behavior in a systematic way. This information helps improve the interpretation of scores from these two sources.

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Validation of a Brief Measure of Aggression for Ecological Momentary Assessment Research: The Aggression-ES-A

Cited by 26 publications

References 54 publications

Intolerance of uncertainty, rumination, post-traumatic stress symptoms and aggression during COVID-19: a serial mediation model

Intolerance of uncertainty, rumination, post-traumatic stress symptoms and aggression during COVID-19: a serial mediation model

Cohort Profile: The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso)

Gender differences in cross-informant discrepancies in aggressive and prosocial behavior: A latent difference score analysis.

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