The Meaning of Aggression Varies Across Culture: Testing the Measurement Invariance of the Refined Aggression Questionnaire in Samples From Spain, the United States, and Hong Kong

Cultural differences in aggression are still poorly understood. The purpose of this article is to assess whether a tool for measuring aggression has the same meaning across cultures. Analyzing samples from Spain (n = 262), the United States (n = 344), and Hong Kong (n = 645), we used confirmatory fa...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 2019-09, Vol.101 (5), p.515-520
Main Authors: Gallardo-Pujol, David, Penelo, Eva, Sit, Cindy, Jornet-Gibert, Montsant, Suso, Carlos, Buades-Rotger, Macià, Maydeu-Olivares, Alberto, Andrés-Pueyo, Antonio, Bryant, Fred B.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression - psychology
Aggressiveness
Attitude
Autonomy
Confirmatory factor analysis
Cultural Characteristics
Cultural differences
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Hong Kong
Humans
Individualism
Male
Meaning
Measurement
Personality Assessment - standards
Questionnaires
Spain
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
United States
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Summary:Cultural differences in aggression are still poorly understood. The purpose of this article is to assess whether a tool for measuring aggression has the same meaning across cultures. Analyzing samples from Spain (n = 262), the United States (n = 344), and Hong Kong (n = 645), we used confirmatory factor analysis to investigate measurement invariance of the refined version of the Aggression Questionnaire (Bryant & Smith, 2001 ). The measurement of aggression was more equivalent between the Chinese and Spanish versions than between these two and the U.S. version. Aggression does not show invariance at the cultural level. Cultural variables such as affective autonomy or individualism could influence the meaning of aggression. Aggressive behavior models can be improved by incorporating cultural variables.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1080/00223891.2019.1565572