, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp 129-147  Construct validation of health-
relevant personality traits: Interpersonal circumplex and five-
factor model analyses of the aggression questionnaire  Purchase
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local VAT.  Get Access   The general literature on personality
traits as risk factors for physical illness—as well as the
specific literature on health consequences of anger, hostility,
and aggressive behavior— often suffers from incomplete or
inconsistent construct validation of personality measures. This
study illustrates the utility of two conceptual tools in this
regard— the five-factor model and the interpersonal circumplex.
The similarities and differences among anger, hostility, verbal
aggressiveness, and physical aggressiveness as measured by the
Buss and Perry (1992) Aggression Questionnaire were identi fied.
Results support the interpretation of anger and hostility as
primarily reflect