@article{ref1,
title="The Extended Staff Observation Aggression Scale (SOAS-E): development, presentation and evaluation",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="1998",
author="Hallsteinsen, A. and Kristensen, M. and Dahl, Alv A. and Eilertsen, D. E.",
volume="97",
number="6",
pages="423-426",
abstract="The Staff Observation Aggression Scale (SOAS) was developed as a scale for reporting aggressive incidents involving psychiatric in-patients. The SOAS -- Extended Version (SOAS-E) has the same aim, but has additional categories and subcategories. The SOAS-E clearly distinguishes between violent and non-violent aggressive behaviour and characterizes in more detail the associated situation. However, the main contribution of the SOAS-E is the introduction of a category of 'warning signals' that precede the releasing 'provocation factor' as a separate and primary aspect of the cyclus of aggressive incidents. The development of the SOAS-E is described, and the testing and inter-rater reliability of the warning signals category are examined. Compared to the SOAS, the additional categories of the SOAS-E are found to increase the scope for a detailed characterization of aggressive behaviour in psychiatric wards.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}