Relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a Taiwanese sample

The Forms and Functions of Aggression Questionnaire (Little, Jones, Henrich, & Hawley, 2003) is widely used to measure the aggressive behavior in the peer context by many researchers. It measures both overt and relational aggression, as well as two functions of aggressive behavior: reactiv...

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Main Authors: Ong, Anna Wen Huey, Sanggari Krishnan, Wirawahida Kamarul Zaman
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
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author Ong, Anna Wen Huey
Sanggari Krishnan,
Wirawahida Kamarul Zaman,
author_facet Ong, Anna Wen Huey
Sanggari Krishnan,
Wirawahida Kamarul Zaman,
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description The Forms and Functions of Aggression Questionnaire (Little, Jones, Henrich, & Hawley, 2003) is widely used to measure the aggressive behavior in the peer context by many researchers. It measures both overt and relational aggression, as well as two functions of aggressive behavior: reactive and instrumental. However, it focuses on the aggressive behavior in the peer setting, but not in the sibling context. The aim of this study was to adapt this scale in the sibling context. Respondents were 384 primary school students aged 10 to 12 years old who agreed to participate and met the inclusion criteria completed both measurements (The Forms and Functions of Aggression Questionnaire, and Sibling Inventory of Differential Experience). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a second-order model with three subdomains (pure relational aggression, reactive-relational aggression, and instrumental-relational aggression). Moderate and significant predictive validity was found. In sum, the Forms and Functions of Aggression Questionnaire is considered a suitable measure to be used in the sibling context with acceptable validity and reliability indices.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:207692022-12-14T10:45:07Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20769/ Relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a Taiwanese sample Ong, Anna Wen Huey Sanggari Krishnan, Wirawahida Kamarul Zaman, The Forms and Functions of Aggression Questionnaire (Little, Jones, Henrich, & Hawley, 2003) is widely used to measure the aggressive behavior in the peer context by many researchers. It measures both overt and relational aggression, as well as two functions of aggressive behavior: reactive and instrumental. However, it focuses on the aggressive behavior in the peer setting, but not in the sibling context. The aim of this study was to adapt this scale in the sibling context. Respondents were 384 primary school students aged 10 to 12 years old who agreed to participate and met the inclusion criteria completed both measurements (The Forms and Functions of Aggression Questionnaire, and Sibling Inventory of Differential Experience). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a second-order model with three subdomains (pure relational aggression, reactive-relational aggression, and instrumental-relational aggression). Moderate and significant predictive validity was found. In sum, the Forms and Functions of Aggression Questionnaire is considered a suitable measure to be used in the sibling context with acceptable validity and reliability indices. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20769/1/254-996-1-PB.pdf Ong, Anna Wen Huey and Sanggari Krishnan, and Wirawahida Kamarul Zaman, (2017) Relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a Taiwanese sample. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 31 (1). pp. 67-78. ISSN 2289-8174 https://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/27
spellingShingle Ong, Anna Wen Huey
Sanggari Krishnan,
Wirawahida Kamarul Zaman,
Relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a Taiwanese sample
title Relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a Taiwanese sample
title_full Relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a Taiwanese sample
title_fullStr Relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a Taiwanese sample
title_full_unstemmed Relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a Taiwanese sample
title_short Relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a Taiwanese sample
title_sort relational aggression in sibling context : scale revision and factor analysis in a taiwanese sample
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20769/
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