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Psicothema, 2011. Vol. Vol. 23 (nº 1). 146-152




Assessing indirect aggression in aggressors and targets:Spanish adaptation of the Indirect Aggression Scales

Cristina Anguiano-Carrasco and Andreu Vigil-Colet

Universidad Rovira i Virgili

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in indirect aggression as the most common aggressive behaviour in adulthood. Despite this interest, there are not a great many instruments for measuring this behaviour in adults. The aim of our study was to develop the Spanish adaptation of one of the few instruments that does exist: the Indirect Aggression Scale, in its aggressor and target versions. The analysis of these scales in a sample of 935 university students showed that the aggressor and target versions of the scales had good reliabilities, but that a one-factor structure seemed more feasible than the three-factor structure initially proposed. Taking this one-dimensionality, we developed short versions of the scales, which also showed good reliabilities. The aggressor version presented good convergent validity with direct aggression and impulsivity measures. Finally, none of the scales showed differences associated with sex.

Evaluando la agresividad indirecta en agresores y víctimas: adaptación española de las Escalas de Agresividad Indirecta. En los últimos años se ha producido un creciente interés en la agresividad indirecta debido a que es la forma de agresividad más frecuente en la edad adulta. A pesar de ello no existe un gran número de instrumentos de medida para adultos de la misma. El principal objetivo del presente estudio es desarrollar una adaptación en español de uno de los pocos instrumentos disponibles: las Escalas de Agresividad Indirecta en sus versiones de agresor y víctima. El análisis de dichas escalas en una muestra de 935 estudiantes universitarios mostró que ambas formas presentan una buena fiabilidad pero que en ambos casos la estructura factorial de las mismas es unidimensional, en lugar de la estructura de tres factores propuesta por los autores. Teniendo esto en cuenta se plantea la posibilidad de desarrollar una escala reducida de un menor número de ítems. La versión para agresores presentó una buena validez convergente con otras medidas de agresividad y de impulsividad. Finalmente, no se observaron diferencias asociadas al sexo en ninguna de las escalas.

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