title: Intracolleague aggression in a group of Dutch prison workers: negative affectivity and posttraumatic stress disorder.
abstract: This study examined workplace aggression among a Dutch group of 174 prison workers at 10 penitentiaries in the Netherlands. The purpose of the study was to investigate the main and interaction effects of Type D personality and violence on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The results showed a significant interaction effect between the type of violence and Type D personality. Physically violated Type D individuals achieved the highest average score on the PTSD scale. Type D personality was found to have a strong main effect on PTSD.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Psychology, Tilburg University, Netherlands. s.bogaerts@uvt.nl
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bogaerts
authors.forename: André M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: van der Laan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009341:Negativism; D009426:Netherlands; D011330:Prisons; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D064415:Type D Personality; D064450:Workplace Violence; D055815:Young Adult