RT Article
T1 Network Dynamics of Risk and Protective Factors in Forensic Psychiatric Patients: Exploring Substance Use Disorder and Treatment Motivation
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 52
IS 3
SP 499
OP 516
A1 Bant, Lotte
A2 Bogaerts, Stefan 1964-
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1917748663
AB This study investigated longitudinal networks of risk and protective factors and treatment motivation among forensic psychiatric patients (FPPs) with and without substance use disorder (SUD) at admission (T1) and unconditional release (T2). The sample consisted of 468 FPP (Mage = 53.97, SDage = 9.99, 86.5% male, 34.6% SUD), and networks were estimated using the Gaussian Graphical Model. The most central network factors were impulsivity, treatment motivation, and treatment violation. For the protective factors, the strongest correlations emerged between problem insight and treatment motivation at T1, and between social and coping skills at T2. For risk factors this was between hostility and treatment violation at T1, and antisocial behavior and treatment violation at T2. While larger sample sizes and stability issues should be considered in future studies, the networks approach provides important implications for tailored inpatient forensic treatment.
K1 Substance use disorder
K1 forensic psychiatric patients
K1 longitudinal network analysis
K1 Risk assessment
DO 10.1177/00938548241296491