The meaning of aggression varies across culture : testing the measurement invariance of the Refined Aggression Questionnaire in samples from Spain, the US, and Hong Kong
Gallardo-Pujol, David (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractament Psicològic)
Penelo Werner, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)
Sit, Cindy (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Jornet Gibert, Montsant (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractament Psicològic)
Suso-Ribera, Carlos (Universitat Jaume I)
Buades Rotger, Macià (Universität zu Lübeck)
Maydeu Olivares, Alberto (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractament Psicològic)
Andrés Pueyo, Antonio (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractament Psicològic)
Bryant, Fred B. (Loyola University Chicago)

Date:	2018
Abstract:	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), US (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 American version. Aggression does not show invariance at the culture level. Cultural variables such as affective autonomy or individualism may influence the meaning of aggression. Aggressive behavior models can be improved by incorporating cultural variables.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR1237 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PSI2012-33601
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió
Subject:	Aggression ; Collectivism ; Affective autonomy ; Cultural differences ; Factor invariance
Published in:	Journal of personality assessment, 2018 , ISSN 0022-3891

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/a7zg4
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2019.1565572
PMID: 30907637

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