The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 1 - 11

Nurettin Göksu Çini , Buğra Akay , Mehmet Ceylan , Fatih Yaşartürk

Abstract

The aim of this study is to test the psychometric properties of the "Brief Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ)," originally developed by Buss and Perry (1992) and revised into a short form by Webster et al. (2014), for Turkish adolescents and adults. The study group consisted of individuals aged 14–52, which is a total of 213 participants, including 168 males (mean age = 29.79) and 45 females (mean age = 26.50), selected through convenience sampling. The construct validity of the questionnaire was tested using Confirmatory Factor Analyses (χ2=447.78, p<0.05, χ2/df= 1.88, CFI= .97, SRMR= .032, and RMSEA= .034). For the convergent validity of the measurement tool, t-values, factor loadings, and Average Variance Extracted (AVE) were calculated; for discriminant validity, the values of Average Shared Variance (ASV), Maximum Shared Variance (MSV), √AVE, and inter-factor correlations were determined. Additionally, reliability analyses, including the internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach's Alpha) and Composite Reliability (CR) values, were computed. Our findings indicate that the BAQ is a reliable four-factor measurement tool that can be used to assess aggression in Turkish adolescents and adults.

Keywords

Agression Questionnaire, Short Form, Measurement, Validity, Reliability

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