Spanish adaptation of the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI)

Background: Measurement of aggression is a critical component of studies of pathological aggression and suicidality. The Buss Durkee Hostility Invento ry (BDHI) is one of the most frequently used selfreport measures of aggress ion. Spanish is a language used by nations on three continents and yet, the re is no Spanish version of this instrument. Method: The adaptation process included: translation, backtranslation, review of both versions and applic ation of the resulting instrument to a bilingual sample from the target pop ulation. This process allowed for assessment of the equivalence between the English and Spanish Version of the BDHI in three stages: linguistic equiva lence, conceptual equivalence and scale equivalence. Result: The conceptual and scale equivalence are adequate in this Spanish version of the BDHI. Co nclusion: This adaptation of the BDHI is ready to be used in Spanish speaki ng populations.