@article{ref1,
title="A preliminary study exploring the nature of aggression supportive beliefs in a forensic psychiatric sample",
journal="Journal of criminal psychology",
year="2023",
author="Sebalo, Ivan and Steene, Lisa Maria Beethoven and Gaylor, Lisa Lee Elaine and Ireland, Jane Louise",
volume="13",
number="4",
pages="334-350",
abstract="PURPOSE This preliminary study aims to investigate and describe aggression-supportive normative beliefs among patients of a high-secure hospital. <br><br>DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Therapy data from a sample of high-secure forensic hospital patients (N = 11) who had participated in Life Minus Violence-Enhanced, a long-term violence therapy, was examined using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). During therapy, cognitions linked to past incidences of aggression were explored using aggression choice chains. <br><br>FINDINGS IPA was applied to data generated through this process to examine the presence and nature of normative beliefs reported, identifying seven themes: rules for aggressive behaviour; use of violence to obtain revenge; processing emotions with violence; surviving in a threatening world; do not become a victim; using violence to maintain status; and prosocial beliefs. <br><br>ORIGINALITY/VALUE Findings demonstrate that forensic patients have specific aggression-supportive normative beliefs, which may be malleable. Limitations and implications are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2009-3829",
doi="10.1108/JCP-11-2022-0031",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JCP-11-2022-0031"
}