Two Studies Examining the Error Theory Underlying the Measurement Model of the Verbal Aggressiveness Scale
- Authors
- Beatty, Michael J.; Pascual-Ferra, Paola; Levine, Timothy R.
- Issue Date
- 1월-2015
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
- Citation
- HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH, v.41, no.1, pp.55 - 81
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
- Volume
- 41
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 55
- End Page
- 81
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/94730
- DOI
- 10.1111/hcre.12039
- ISSN
- 0360-3989
- Abstract
- Meta-analysis indicates moderate correlations between the Verbal Aggressiveness Scale (VAS) and other self-report measures but near-zero correlations with behavioral measures. Accurately interpreting correlations between the VAS and other variables, however, requires an examination of the untested error theory underlying the measurement model for the VAS. In two separate studies, the results of single-factor correlated uniqueness confirmatory factor analytic models revealed a pattern of significant error covariances indicating that VAS item scores are confounded by systematic error attributable to multiple unspecified latent effects. After pruning the item sets, we identified 4 items that were free of latent variable influences other than trait verbal aggressiveness. Implications for interpreting the verbal aggressiveness literature are discussed along with recommendations for revising the VAS.
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