@article{ref1,
title="Incremental validity of patients' self-reported anger beyond structured professional judgment tools in the prediction of inpatient aggression",
journal="International journal of forensic mental health",
year="2019",
author="Jalil, Rahul and Huber, Jörg and Sixsmith, Judith and Dickens, Geoffrey",
volume="18",
number="4",
pages="365-375",
abstract="Mental health inpatients' self-reported violence risk predicts actual aggressive outcomes. Anger, for which there are well-evidenced interventions, commonly precedes inpatient aggression. We aimed to determine whether patients' self-reported anger added incremental validity to violence prediction beyond routinely completed violence risk assessments. A correlational, pseudo-prospective study design was employed. N = 76 inpatients in secure hospitals completed self-report validated anger measures; routinely collected clinicians' ratings on structured professional judgment tools, and aggressive incident data for a 3-month follow-up period were extracted from clinical records. Thirty four (45%) participants were violent; self-reported anger and clinician-risk ratings were significantly positively correlated. Self-reported anger predicted aggressive outcomes but not incrementally beyond relevant risk assessment subscale and item scores. It may not be beneficial for all patients to self-report anger as part of continuous violence risk assessments, but those who score highly on anger-relevant items of risk assessment tools could be considered for further assessment to support risk-management interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1499-9013",
doi="10.1080/14999013.2019.1588432",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2019.1588432"
}