SANP Swiss Archives of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 2297-7007 2297-6981 EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag AG Farnsburgerstrasse 8 CH-4132 Muttenz 03071 10.4414/sanp.2019.03071 Original article Child and adolescent psychiatry French version of reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire: psychometric properties in adolescents Suter Maya Pihet Sandrine Urben Sebastien Sebastien.Urben@chuv.ch Unité de Recherche | Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent | Lausanne | 1011 | SWITZERLAND 11 12 2019 170 06 0 0 Copyright: EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag AG 2019 EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag AG "Swiss Archives of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy" is an open access publication of EMH published in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons licence attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 4.0 International. You are free to share, copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. "Non-commercial" means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. The incorporation of publications in commercial products, the use of publications to advertise for commercial products or services and any other usage that directly or indirectly pursues commercial interests is subject to the express previous consent of the publishing house as part of a written agreement. Please send us your request in writing. Exact indication of the publication from which you would like to reproduce material and detailed information about its intended use help to facilitate and expedite request processing. <p>This study examines the psychometric properties of the French version of the reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire (RPQ). 124 adolescents from the general population and 134 institutionalized adolescents completed the French version of the RPQ along with other measures, namely externalizing behaviours (i.e., aggression and delinquency), psychopathic traits and impulsivity. A confirmatory factor analysis supports the 2-factor structure, namely proactive and reactive. Good internal consistency in both samples is observed. The construct validity is adequate with correlations between 1) both forms of aggression and externalizing behaviours, 2) reactive aggression and impulsivity, and 3) proactive aggression and psychopathic traits. Moreover, the institutionalized sample reports higher proactive and reactive aggression compared to the community one whereas boys report only higher proactive aggression than girls. The French version of the RPQ shows adequate psychometric properties indicating its validity and utility.</p>