Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire : Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance among Portuguese male perpetrators of intimate partner violence
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2021
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SAGE Publications Inc.
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This study was conducted at Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/01662/2013), University of Minho, and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education through national funds and co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007653). The study was also supported by Grant SFRH/ BD/66110/2009 from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology awarded to the first author.
The current study aimed to analyze the fit of the four-factor model of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) 29-item and the 12-item on a sample of Portuguese male perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV; N = 279) and to test the measurement invariance between sample type (forensic and non-forensic) and sentence type (prison and community). Confirmatory factor analysis did not support the four-factor model of the BPAQ 29-item version. The four-factor model of the BPAQ short form (BPAQ-SF) showed a good fit. Sufferable values for internal consistency and good values for convergent and discriminant validity were found. Cross-sentence measurement invariance using the present sample and cross-sample measurement invariance of the BPAQ-SF using a previously collected sample of students was established. Overall, our results support BPAQ-SF as a valuable brief and psychometrically reliable measure of aggression for use with both individuals from the community and IPV perpetrators with different sentences. Keywords: Aggression; Factorial structure; Intimate partner violence; Measurement invariance; Psychometric properties
The current study aimed to analyze the fit of the four-factor model of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) 29-item and the 12-item on a sample of Portuguese male perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV; N = 279) and to test the measurement invariance between sample type (forensic and non-forensic) and sentence type (prison and community). Confirmatory factor analysis did not support the four-factor model of the BPAQ 29-item version. The four-factor model of the BPAQ short form (BPAQ-SF) showed a good fit. Sufferable values for internal consistency and good values for convergent and discriminant validity were found. Cross-sentence measurement invariance using the present sample and cross-sample measurement invariance of the BPAQ-SF using a previously collected sample of students was established. Overall, our results support BPAQ-SF as a valuable brief and psychometrically reliable measure of aggression for use with both individuals from the community and IPV perpetrators with different sentences. Keywords: Aggression; Factorial structure; Intimate partner violence; Measurement invariance; Psychometric properties
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PSICOLOGIA, PSICOMETRIA, AGGRESSION, FACTORIAL STRUCTURE, CONJUGAL VIOLENCE, MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE, PSCYHOMETRICS, PSYCHOLOGY, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Cunha, O C S D, Peixoto, M M, Cruz, A R P D & Gonçalves, R A 2021, 'Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire : Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance among Portuguese male perpetrators of intimate partner violence', Criminal Justice and Behavior, pp. 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548211050113