• S.SAMUEL DINAKARAN

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to develop Tamil version of the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ –ST) in Chennai population METHOD: The original version of Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire which has got 12 questions was translated in Tamil .Tamil & English version of Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire –Short Form was administered to a sample of general population to assess reliability. Tamil version of Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire – Short Form was administered to persons with diagnosis of Aggression and Data collected to establish discriminant validity. RESULTS: The Cronbach’s alpha value 0.759, which is above 0.7 reveals that the English and Tamil questionnaire instruments are reliable. The intaclass correlation coefficient value of 0.612 shows a good degree of agreement between two questionnaires. Confidence interval also given for 5% level of significance. The inter-item correlation value the discriminant value computed is 0.53 and any values that below 0.85 says that there is a discriminant validity among items, shows discriminant validity of Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire. CONCLUSION: The Tamil version of Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire has been found to be reliable & discriminant validity has been established. It provides a useful measure of Aggression for use in clinical research and practise

Aggression, Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Anger, Hostility, Questionnaire.

"STANDARDIZATION OF BUSS - PERRY AGRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE –SHORT FORM (BPAQ-ST) – TAMIL VERSION IN CHENNAI POPULATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.225-237, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908500.pdf

"STANDARDIZATION OF BUSS - PERRY AGRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE –SHORT FORM (BPAQ-ST) – TAMIL VERSION IN CHENNAI POPULATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp225-237, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908500.pdf