Despite the research generated on two of the most widely employed measures of aggression, the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory and the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study, there has been no analysis of the relationship between scores on these tests although such information permits evaluation of the redundacy of these measures. 122 university students completed both measures and also the Desirability Scale from the Jackson Personality Research Form. Analysis yielded generally low correlations which followed predictable patterns. Overlap was found only in outwardly directed displays of aggression. The Desirability Scale was significantly correlated with dimensions of the Picture-Frustration Study but was uncorrelated with Buss-Durkee scores.
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