title: General and maladaptive traits and anger in a combined forensic psychiatric and general population sample.
abstract: The present study examines the associations between anger and general and maladaptive traits in a combined forensic psychiatric and community sample of men. Thirty-four male forensic psychiatric patients and 219 men from the general population completed the Novaco Anger Scale (NAS; Novaco, 1994), the NEO-PI-R (Costa & McCrae, 1992), the ADP-IV (Schotte & De Doncker, 1994) and the VKP (Duijsens, Haringsma, & EurelingsBontekoe, 1999) at two measurement occasions with a one-year interval. The results of a series of multiple regression analyses showed that general and maladaptive traits accounted for a substantial amount of variance in anger scores. Neuroticism, Agreeableness and Externalizing traits were most prominent in the prediction of anger, while Conscientiousness was acting as a suppressor variable in the regression models. Strengths and limitations of the present study and implications for further research and clinical practice are discussed.
authors: Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium. Mieke.Decuyper@ugent.be
authors: Mieke
authors: M
authors: Decuyper
authors: Marleen
authors: M
authors: De Bolle
authors: Filip
authors: F
authors: De Fruyt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000786:Anger; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult