RT Article
T1 Reactive and proactive aggression and suicide attempts among criminal offenders
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 41
IS 3
SP 337
OP 344
A1 Swogger, Marc T.
A2 Walsh, Zach
A2 Maisto, Stephen A.
A2 Conner, Kenneth R.
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1885492634
AB Outwardly directed aggression is associated with suicide attempts, but aggression is a heterogeneous construct. Increased specificity in our understanding of the link between aggression and suicide attempts can be attained by examining subtypes of aggression. We studied the relationships of reactive and proactive aggression to history of a suicide attempt among 96 criminal offenders in a pretrial supervision program. Consistent with prior findings in nonoffender samples, reactive aggression was associated with a history of suicide attempt after controlling for gender and depression. Proactive aggression was unrelated to suicide attempts. Results indicate that suicide risk assessments in forensic settings may be informed by the measurement of reactive aggression.
K1 Aggression
K1 proactive aggression
K1 Reactive aggression
K1 Suicide
K1 Violence
DO 10.1177/0093854813508764