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Published in final edited form as: Aggress Behav. 2006 Apr 1;32(2):159–171. doi: 10.1002/ab.20115

TABLE IV.

Convergent, Discriminant, and Construct Validity of Reactive–Proactive Scales Based on Correlations with CBCL Scales (N = 327) and Self-Report Hostile-Aggressive Personality at Age 16 (N = 334)

	Proactive	Reactive	Total	Purely proactive	Purely reactive
Convergent validity
Aggression	.154^**	.115^*	.145^**	.103	.021
Delinquency	.200^**	.109^*	.165^**	.169^**	−.026
Hostility-aggression	.383^**	.519^**	.501^**	.066	.348^**
Discriminant validity
Withdrawn	.074	.108	.102	.002	.081
Somatic complaints	.026	.074	.057	−.031	.076
Social problems	.019	−.016	−.001	.040	−.038
Thought problems	.078	.095	.096	.020	.059
Construct validity
Attention problems	.150^**	.102	.136^*	.108	.008
Anxious/Depressed	.137^*	.126^*	.144^**	.070	.050

P < 0.05, two-tailed.

^**

P < 0.01, two-tailed.