TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality and neurocognitive correlates of impulsive aggression in long-term survivors of severe traumatic brain injury
AU - Greve, K. W.
AU - Sherwin, E.
AU - Stanford, Matthew S.
AU - Mathias, C.
AU - Love, J.
AU - Ramzinski, P.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - This study addresses a common outcome of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), disinhibited aggressive behaviour. This behaviour has been classified in aggression literature as 'impulsive aggression' (IA). The purpose was to: (1) characterize those TBI patients who are likely to be an aggression risk, and (2) determine if TBI patients with IA demonstrate personality style and neurocognitive performance similar to that seen in other IA groups. Participants were 45 survivors of severe TBI (26 of whom had persisting problems with IA), who were clients of a residential brain injury treatment facility. IA participants had a higher incidence of pre-morbid aggressive behaviour, were younger, had a shorter tenure in the programme, and were more impulsive, irritable, and antisocial than the non-aggressive control participants. Unlike past research, no neurocognitive differences were found. The results are discussed in terms of the conceptualization, identification, and treatment of persisting IA in severe TBI.
AB - This study addresses a common outcome of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), disinhibited aggressive behaviour. This behaviour has been classified in aggression literature as 'impulsive aggression' (IA). The purpose was to: (1) characterize those TBI patients who are likely to be an aggression risk, and (2) determine if TBI patients with IA demonstrate personality style and neurocognitive performance similar to that seen in other IA groups. Participants were 45 survivors of severe TBI (26 of whom had persisting problems with IA), who were clients of a residential brain injury treatment facility. IA participants had a higher incidence of pre-morbid aggressive behaviour, were younger, had a shorter tenure in the programme, and were more impulsive, irritable, and antisocial than the non-aggressive control participants. Unlike past research, no neurocognitive differences were found. The results are discussed in terms of the conceptualization, identification, and treatment of persisting IA in severe TBI.
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U2 - 10.1080/026990501300005695
DO - 10.1080/026990501300005695
M3 - Article
C2 - 11260773
AN - SCOPUS:0035096868
SN - 0269-9052
VL - 15
SP - 255
EP - 262
JO - Brain Injury
JF - Brain Injury
IS - 3
ER -