The Verbal Aggressiveness Scale assesses a self-reported tendency to attack another person’s self-concept, distinct from challenging a position. Its original twenty-item score and proposed aggressive-item subset require explicit version identification because dimensionality is disputed, while observed interaction remains necessary to establish behavior and the questionnaire does not explain motives.
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