General Information

The Aggression Inventory contains items extrapolated from the Pupil Evaluation Inventory (Peparik, Prinz, Liebert, Weintraub, & Neale, 1976). Items ask children and teachers to rate other classroom children on the following components of behavior: aggression, disruptiveness, immaturity, nonaggressive disruptiveness, social isolation, oversensitivity, unhappiness, popularity, and likeability.

Number of Versions:	1
Version:	Aggression Inventory
Author(s):	Catherine C. Epkins
Date of Publication:	1994
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Not Available
Charge for one form or kit:	No

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Aggression
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 8 through 12 years old Grade Level: Third Grade to Sixth Grade
Method of Administration:	Group and Individual
Source of Information:	Self
Subtests and Scores:	No scales
Number of Items:	12
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	199
Population:	Inpatient participants consisted of consecutive admissions to a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric facility and did not have a thought disorder. Elementary school participants were from two urban schools.
Culture/ethnicity:	African-American, Caucasian
SES Level:	Not reported by author(s).

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Full Scales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	Not assessed
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.82

Validity: 

 Criterion validity was assessed and found to be acceptable.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	None
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	Catherine C. Epkins

Notes

Original Reference(s):

Epkins, C. C. (1994). Peer ratings of depression, anxiety, and aggression in inpatient and elementary school children: Rating biases and influence of rater's self-reported depression, anixety, and aggression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 22 (5), 611-628.

Other Reference(s):

Pekarik, E. G., Prinz, R. J., Liebert, D. E., Weintraub, S., & Neale, J. M. (1976). The Pupil Evaluation Inventory: A sociometric technique for assessing children's social behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 4 (1), 83-97. Epkins, C. C., & Meyers, A. W. (1994). Assessment of childhood depression, anxiety, and aggression: Convergent and discriminant validity of self-, parent-, teacher-, and peer-report. Journal of Personality Assessment, 62 (2), 364-381. Epkins, C. C. (1995). Peer ratings of internalizing and externalizing problems in inpatient and elementary school children: Correspondence with parallel child self-report and teacher ratings. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 3 (4), 203-213. Epkins, C. C. (1996). Parent ratings of children's depression, anxiety, and aggression: A cross-sample analysis of agreement and differences with child and teacher ratings. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 52 (6), 599-608.

Contact

Name:	Catherine C. Epkins
Organization:	Texas Tech University
Address:	Department of Psychology, Associate Professor P.O.BOX 2051 Mail Stop: MS2051
City:	Lubbock
State:	TX
Zip:	79409
Phone:	(806) 742-1711
Fax:	(806) 742-0818
E-mail:	catherine.epkins@ttu.edu

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  July 2006