This study sought to determine whether the MMPI F, 4, 9 composite score which has been used to assess aggressive acting out in various pathological populations also assesses this disposition in a more normal sample of 124 college students who took the MMPI and the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory. The MMPI composite score correlated .46 with the Buss-Durkee motor factor of hostility and .53 with the attitude factor. These correlations were higher than correlations with Pd and Ma. The results lend support for the usefulness of the F, 4, 9 Composite with less pathological populations as well.
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