Aggressive behavior in patients with psychiatric disorders is attracting increasing research
interest. One reason for this is that psychiatric patients are generally considered more likely …

A small but significant relationship between schizophrenia and violence is well established,
but not yet fully explained. Research has highlighted anger as an important factor in …

Anger is a powerful emotion shared by victims and bullies in both physical and electronic
forms of bullying. However, little is known about the specific roles of trait anger and state …

Background Mental health nurses are exposed to patient aggression, and required to
manage and de-escalate aggressive incidents; coercive measures such as restraint and …

This study examined the relationships between personality and aggression using the
general aggression (GAM, Anderson and Bushman [2002] Annual Review of Psychology …

Background There is a growing body of research on operational stress injuries (OSIs)
among police officers and first responders. Most studies focus on operational stressors' …

The goal of the present study was to explore how anger reduction via a single session of
meditation might be measured using psychophysiological methodologies. To achieve this …

Objective: This study investigated whether a group of firesetters (n= 68) could be
distinguished, psychologically, from a matched group of non-firesetting offenders (n= 68) …

The State–Trait Anger Expression Inventory–II (STAXI-II) is a psychometric assessment that
measures the experience, expression, and control of anger in research and clinical settings …

This chapter consists of psychometrically-oriented reviews of 16 self-report tests of anger or
hostility in adults. We begin with the historic Buss–Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI: Buss & …