Citation

Kingsbury SJ, Lambert MT, Hendrickse W. Psychiatry 1997; 60(3): 224-232.

Affiliation

Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center, TX 75216, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Guilford Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9336854

Abstract

This article synthesizes theoretical material from psychology research into a practical model for conceptualizing violence in psychiatric settings. Relevant research and theory are reviewed, focusing on two important behavioral models of aggressive behavior, hostile aggression and instrumental aggression. The concepts of reinforcement, anticipated rewards, specific and nonspecific stimulus-driven aggression, intermediary emotional states in aroused persons, and the aggression stimulus threshold are developed into a bimodal model applicable to the clinical management of violence. The model provides a broad framework for categorizing, understanding, and addressing aggressive behavior in clinical settings.

Language: en