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Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSD.

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Crawford, EF; Calhoun, PS; Braxton, LE; Beckham, JC
Published in: J Pers Assess
February 2007
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In this study, we examined the validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) Aggression (AGG) scales and Violence Potential index (VPI) in 399 male combat veterans presenting for formal evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The AGG scales exhibited convergence with other measures of hostility and violence and demonstrated discriminant validity with alternative constructs. When we examined reports of interpersonal violence in the past year, the AGG composite scale displayed substantial incremental validity over the effects of PTSD severity, demographics, a simple dichotomous question regarding violence in the past 30 days, and MMPI-2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) scales measuring aggression. The VPI, however, added no unique explanatory power over the AGG composite scale.

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Patrick Shields Calhoun
Author Patrick Shields Calhoun Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neur ...
Jean Crowell Beckham
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Published In

J Pers Assess

DOI

10.1080/00223890709336839

ISSN

0022-3891

Publication Date

February 2007

Volume

88

Issue

1

Start / End Page

90 / 98

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Violence
  • Veterans
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Personality Assessment
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Humans
 

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Crawford, E. F., Calhoun, P. S., Braxton, L. E., & Beckham, J. C. (2007). Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSD. J Pers Assess, 88(1), 90–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890709336839
Crawford, Eric F., Patrick S. Calhoun, Loretta E. Braxton, and Jean C. Beckham. “Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSD.” J Pers Assess 88, no. 1 (February 2007): 90–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890709336839.
Crawford EF, Calhoun PS, Braxton LE, Beckham JC. Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSD. J Pers Assess. 2007 Feb;88(1):90–8.
Crawford, Eric F., et al. “Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSD.” J Pers Assess, vol. 88, no. 1, Feb. 2007, pp. 90–98. Pubmed, doi:10.1080/00223890709336839.
Crawford EF, Calhoun PS, Braxton LE, Beckham JC. Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSD. J Pers Assess. 2007 Feb;88(1):90–98.
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Published In

J Pers Assess

DOI

10.1080/00223890709336839

ISSN

0022-3891

Publication Date

February 2007

Volume

88

Issue

1

Start / End Page

90 / 98

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Violence
  • Veterans
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Personality Assessment
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Humans