RT Article
T1 Extending the general aggression model: contributions of DSM-5 maladaptive personality facets and schema modes
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 25
IS 9
SP 875
OP 895
A1 Dunne, Ashley L.
A2 Lee, Stuart D. 1966-
A2 Daffern, Michael
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1736646656
AB This study sought to determine whether the addition of DSM-5 personality facets and schema modes improved the prediction of aggression history over and above General Aggression Model (GAM) cognitive knowledge structures (aggressive script rehearsal and normative beliefs supportive of aggression) and anger. Participants were 208 incarcerated adult male prisoners who completed a battery of self-report psychological tests assessing the aforementioned constructs. Results indicated that aggression-related cognitive knowledge structures, anger, and various personality facets and schema modes were significantly associated with aggression. However, only anger, the personality facet Risk Taking, and the Enraged Child schema mode uniquely accounted for variance in multivariable modelling. This suggests that consideration of maladaptive personality facets, specifically risk taking, and schema modes characterised by intense anger and destructive coping behaviour, alongside established aggression-related cognitive and affective constructs, can (a) extend theoretical knowledge of the specific contents and processes involved in increasing aggression propensity, and (b) improve GAM’s application in clinical settings, particularly in regards to assessment and treatment of violent offenders.
K1 Aggression
K1 DSM-5 maladaptive personality traits
K1 Anger
K1 Cognitive knowledge structures
K1 General aggression model
K1 Schema modes
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2019.1597089