Aggression Questionnaire (AGQ)

The Aggression Questionnaire (AGQ) is a self-report scale that is designed to measure four major components of aggression (physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility).  

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Item Coding

The AGQ consists of 29 items which are rated on a five-point likert scale from 1 (extremely uncharacteristic of me) to 5 (extremely characteristic of me).  

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Scales

The AGQ yields four primary scales.  Descriptions of the scales and item loadings are listed below.  Scale scores are calculated as the sum of respective items.  Underlined/bold items are reverse scored. 

Scale Name (Abbr.)	Description	Item Loadings
AGQ_PHYS	Physical Aggression Scale
AGQ_VERB	Verbal Aggression Scale
AGQ_ANG	Anger Scale
AGQ_HOST	Hostility Scale

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Resource Files

• Questionnaire
• CIDA Item file
• CIDA Scoring file
• SPSS Scoring Syntax file

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References

• Buss, A. H. & Perry, M. (1992).  The Aggression Questionnaire.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 452-459.

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Created by: Allison Grant

Updated: 1-30-2008