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Does the revised multiple affect adjective checklist hostility subscale measure hostility?
Author(s) -
Buchanan Tom
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2337(1999)25:3<179::aid-ab2>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - hostility , psychology , checklist , aggression , adjective check list , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , adjective , construct validity , test validity , psychometrics , developmental psychology , personality , social psychology , cognitive psychology , communication , linguistics , philosophy , noun
In an attempt to clarify the nature of the construct measured by the Hostility subscale of Zuckerman and Lubin's [(1985): Educational and Industrial Testing Service] revised Multiple Affective Adjective Checklist (MAACL‐R), 104 undergraduates completed the MAACL‐R and the Aggression Questionnaire [Buss AH, Perry M. 1992. J Pers Soc Psychol 63:452–459]. Scores on the MAACL‐R Hostility subscale were found to be related to the Aggression Questionnaire subscales of Physical and Verbal Aggressiveness but not its Hostility subscale. It is concluded that although the MAACL‐R reflects some aspect(s) of aggressiveness, it may not be the best instrument for the measurement of hostility. Aggr. Behav. 25:179–184, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.