The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study

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

doi:10.33438/ijdshs.1521204

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The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study

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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Nurettin Göksu Çini
0000-0001-8966-9285
Türkiye

Buğra Akay
0000-0003-2567-6544
Türkiye

Mehmet Ceylan
0000-0003-0291-4247
Türkiye

Fatih Yaşartürk ^*
0000-0003-4934-101X
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Çini, N. G., Akay, B., Ceylan, M., & Yaşartürk, F. (2025). The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study. International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences, 8(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.1521204

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1.Çini NG, Akay B, Ceylan M, Yaşartürk F. The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study. International Journal of Disabilities Sports &Health Sciences. 2025;8(1):1-11. doi:10.33438/ijdshs.1521204

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Çini, Nurettin Göksu, Buğra Akay, Mehmet Ceylan, and Fatih Yaşartürk. 2025. “The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study”. International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences 8 (1): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.1521204.

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Çini NG, Akay B, Ceylan M, Yaşartürk F (January 1, 2025) The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study. International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences 8 1 1–11.

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[1]N. G. Çini, B. Akay, M. Ceylan, and F. Yaşartürk, “The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study”, International Journal of Disabilities Sports &Health Sciences, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1–11, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.33438/ijdshs.1521204.

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