Citation

Korpel POJ, Varkevisser T, Hoppenbrouwers SS, van Honk J, Geuze E. Chronic Stress (Thousand Oaks) 2019; 3: e2470547019871901.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/2470547019871901

PMID

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In this study, we examined whether early-life trauma, psychopathy, and the testosterone/cortisol ratio predicted impulsive aggression problems in veterans.

Method: A sample of 49 male veterans with impulsive aggression problems and 51 nonaggressive veterans were included in the study. Logistic regression analysis was performed with early-life trauma, primary and secondary psychopathy, and testosterone/cortisol ratio as continuous predictor variables; impulsive aggression status was entered as a binary outcome measure. Correlation analyses were conducted to examine pairwise relations among the predictors.

Results: Results indicated that early-life trauma and secondary psychopathy, but not the testosterone/cortisol ratio or primary psychopathy, were significant predictors of impulsive aggression status.

Conclusions: The current results indicate that early-life trauma and secondary psychopathy are risk factors for impulsive aggression problems among veterans. Future studies are needed to determine the exact causal relations among the variables examined here.

Language: en

Keywords

veterans; psychopathy; cortisol; early-life trauma; impulsive aggression; testosterone