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Validation of the Dutch Reactive Proactive Questionnaire (RPQ)

Differential Correlates of Reactive and Proactive Aggression From Childhood to Adulthood

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ID11106950
AuthorsMaaike Cima (0000-0002-3458-5276, Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology Tilburg University Tilburg The Netherlands, corresponding author), Adrian Raine (0000-0002-3756-4307, Departments of Criminology, Psychiatry, and Psychology University of Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Cor Meesters (0000-0002-9479-8417, Department of Clinical Psychological Science Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands), Arne Popma (0000-0003-2170-3023, Department of Psychiatry Amsterdam University Amsterdam The Netherlands)
Year2013
Volume39
Issue2
Pages99-113
Publication date2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAggressive Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0096-140X • E-ISSN: 1098-2337
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ab.21458
PMID23386470
OpenAlexW1845524660
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited46

This study reports reliability and validity of the Dutch Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ). In total, 845 participants completed the RPQ along with other measures of aggression. Groups consisted of non-offender participants, criminal offenders, youngsters (age 6-18), and adults (age above 18). Test-retest stability in a subsample of 324 childhood arrestees was good (all ICC's > 0.41). A confirmatory factor analysis supported the same two-factor structure as in the original RPQ. Convergent validity was adequate (all r's > 0.16). Moreover, results demonstrated that the proactive and reactive subscales were differentially related to measurements of callousness and impulsiveness, respectively. Criterion validity was shown in that non-offender subjects demonstrated significantly lower RPQ scores than offender samples. Finally, construct validity was demonstrated in that violent offenders showed higher aggression scores than non-violent offenders. Proactive aggression showed different developmental trajectories within non-offender versus criminal samples, indicating that this form of aggression may be more pathological

Aggression · Confirmatory factor analysis · Construct validity · Convergent validity · Developmental psychology · Discriminant validity · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychometrics · Structural equation modeling · Validity · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

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