TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - General and maladaptive traits and anger in a combined forensic psychiatric and general population sample
JO  - International journal of law and psychiatry
A1  - Decuyper, Mieke
A1  - De Bolle, Marleen
A1  - De Fruyt, Filip
SP  - 354
EP  - 361
VL  - 34
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0160-2527
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.08.001
ID  - ref1
ER  -