CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS OF THE AGGRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE

A confirmatory factor analysis of the factor structure of The Aggressi on Questionnaire created by Buss and Ferry (1992) [Journal of Personal ity and Social Psychology, 63, 452-459] was conducted to assess whethe r the scale's purported 4 factors emerged. The results generally suppo rted the 4-factor model. However, the hostility factor may be improved if 2 items pertaining to suspicion are removed from the scale. These items had relatively low loadings on that factor and decreased the hos tility scale's internal reliability.