Citation

Nock MK, Kaufman J, Rosenheck RA. J. Trauma. Stress 2001; 14(4): 835-841.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. matthew.nock@yale.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1023/A:1013006608880

PMID

11776428

Abstract

This study examined several proposed predictors of severe wartime violence in a randomly selected, nationally representative sample of 1,125 Vietnam veterans. Participation in severe acts of violence during wartime was reported by 7.6% of the sample. Disruptive behavior before the age of 15 and increased combat exposure were both significant predictors of severe wartime violence. Childhood contextual factors were indirectly related to severe wartime violence via prewar disruptive behavior. The classification rate of perpetrators of severe violence was comparable to rates from studies of less severe forms of violence. The implications of these results and suggestions for future research in this area are discussed.

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