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- Title
Personality, Schizophrenia, and Violence: A Longitudinal Study: The Second Wave of the VIORMED Project.
- Authors
Bottesi, Gioia; Candini, Valentina; Ghisi, Marta; Bava, Mattia; Bianconi, Giorgio; Bulgari, Viola; Carrà, Giuseppe; Cavalera, Cesare; Conte, Giovanni; Cricelli, Marta; Ferla, Maria Teresa; Iozzino, Laura; Macis, Ambra; Stefana, Alberto; de Girolamo, Giovanni
- Abstract
This study investigated the association between maladaptive personality traits, personality disorders (PDs), schizophrenia, and the risk of aggressive behavior. Ninety-four patients with a history of violence and 92 patients with no history of violence underwent a multidimensional baseline assessment. Aggressive behavior was monitored during a 1-year follow-up through the Modified Overt Aggression Scale. The Violent group scored significantly higher than the Control group on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III) Antisocial, Sadistic, Borderline, and Paranoid personality scales. Irrespective of any history of violence, patients with PD as a primary diagnosis displayed more aggressive behaviors than those with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia during the follow-up. Furthermore, the most significant predictor of aggressive behaviors over time was endorsing a primary diagnosis of PD. Identifying the crucial risk factors for violent recidivism would contribute to reducing aggressive behavior in this population.
- Subjects
RISK factors of aggression; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY disorders; PARAPHILIAS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; BORDERLINE personality disorder; VIOLENCE; RECIDIVISM; ANTISOCIAL personality disorders; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Journal of Personality Disorders, 2021, Vol 35, Issue 2, p236
- ISSN
0885-579X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/pedi_2019_33_436