TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Assessing the heterogeneity of aggressive behavior traits: Exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the reactive and instrumental aggression Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) scales
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Antonius, Daniel
A1  - Sinclair, Samuel Justin
A1  - Shiva, Andrew A.
A1  - Messinger, Julie W.
A1  - Maile, Jordan
A1  - Siefert, Caleb J.
A1  - Belfi, Brian
A1  - Malaspina, Dolores
A1  - Blais, Mark A.
SP  - 587
EP  - 601
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
N2  - The heterogeneity of violent behavior is often overlooked in risk assessment despite its importance in the management and treatment of psychiatric and forensic patients. In this study, items from the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) were first evaluated and rated by experts in terms of how well they assessed personality features associated with reactive and instrumental aggression. Exploratory principal component analyses (PCA) were then conducted on select items using a sample of psychiatric and forensic inpatients (n = 479) to examine the latent structure and construct validity of these reactive and instrumental aggression factors. Finally, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted on a separate sample of psychiatric inpatients (n = 503) to evaluate whether these factors yielded acceptable model fit. Overall, the exploratory and confirmatory analyses supported the existence of two latent PAI factor structures, which delineate personality traits related to reactive and instrumental aggression.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -