Trait-aggressiveness and impulsivity: Role of psychological resilience and childhood trauma in a sample of male prisoners

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-17

  Carli, Vladimir ^a,b   Mandelli, Laura ^c   Zaninotto, Leonardo ^c,d   Alberti, Siegfried ^c   Roy, Alec ^e   Serretti, Alessandro ^c   Sarchiapone, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Impulsivity; Resilience; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; BROWN GOODWIN ASSESSMENT FOR LIFETIME HISTORY OF AGGRESSION; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CONNOR DAVIDSON RESILIENCE SCALE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DELINQUENCY; DETENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOOD DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEGLECT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGGRESSION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; ITALY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF MUTILATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84891137778     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2012.756061     Document Type: Article

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