TY - JOUR PY - 1998// TI - The relationship between personality psychopathology and aggressive behavior in research volunteers JO - Journal of abnormal psychology A1 - Berman, Mitchell E. A1 - Fallon, A. E. A1 - Coccaro, E. F. SP - 651 EP - 658 VL - 107 IS - 4 N2 - Theorists and clinicians have long believed that personality psychopathology is a risk factor for aggressive behavior. Previous investigations in this area, however, have provided mixed results. In this study, the relationship between personality psychopathology and aggressive behavior was examined in 137 research volunteers. The influences of gender and coexisting major mental disorders were statistically controlled. Aggressive behavior was associated with criteria for 7 of the 11 personality disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed., rev.). Except for schizoid criteria, all relationships with aggressive behavior were in the positive direction. When all personality disorders were considered simultaneously, paranoid and passive-aggressive criteria were significant predictors of aggressive behavior.

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