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Children's Hostility Inventory

Publication Year1987
Respondent TypeParent
Grade or Age6 to 12

Purpose

A measure derived from the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory for adults which examines aggression and hostility in relation to clinically derived diagnoses, overt antisocial behavior, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children

Keywords

aggression, antisocial behavior, hostility, violence

Contact

Alan E. Kazdin
alan.kazdin@yale.edu/(203) 432-9993

Evidence and Research

Kazdin, A. E., Rodgers, A. , Colbus, D., & Siegel, T. (1987). Children's hostility inventory: Measurement of aggression and hostility in psychiatric inpatient children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 16 (4), 320-328. Buss, A. H., & Durkee, A. (1957). An inventory for assessing different kinds of hostility. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 21, 343-349.

Source

http://www.umdnj.edu/vinjweb/index.htm