@article{ref1,
title="General and maladaptive traits and anger in a combined forensic psychiatric and general population sample",
journal="International journal of law and psychiatry",
year="2011",
author="Decuyper, Mieke and De Bolle, Marleen and De Fruyt, Filip",
volume="34",
number="5",
pages="354-361",
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, and 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0160-2527",
doi="10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.08.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.08.001"
}