Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ)
Psychology: Personality1 sample item
About this scale
The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) is a popular measure of aggression in adults. Men show a higher level of aggression than women (Archer, 2004). The BPAQ has 29 items, subdivided in four factors (which resulted from factor analysis):
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Buss, A.H. and Perry, M.P. (1992). The Aggression Questionnaire. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63 , 452-459. | Archer, J. (2004). Sex differences in aggression in real- world settings: A meta-analytic review. Review of General Psychology, 8 , 291-322.
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