TY - JOUR
T1 - Premeditated aggression
T2 - Clinical assessment and cognitive psychophysiology
AU - Stanford, Matthew S.
AU - Houston, Rebecca J.
AU - Villemarette-Pittman, Nicole R.
AU - Greve, Kevin W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Dreyfus Health Foundation, The Rogosin Institute, New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/4
Y1 - 2003/4
N2 - Aggressive behavior has traditionally been classified into two distinct subtypes: an affective, impulsive aggressive display or a planned, predatory aggressive act. While a number of investigations have examined the clinical and physiological correlates in impulsive aggressive individuals, very little research has been conducted on those individuals engaging in predominantly premeditated aggressive acts. The present study compared a group of premeditated aggressive psychiatric outpatients with a group of normal, nonaggressive control subjects on personality, neuropsychological and cognitive psychophysiological measures. Consistent with previous work, premeditated aggressors did not differ significantly from controls on most measures of neuropsychological and psychophysiological function. Premeditated aggressors did show significant personality pathology scoring higher on measures of impulsivity, verbal and physical aggression, anger, hostility, psychoticism and neuroticism. Overall, these results suggest a distinctive personality style that is associated with aggressive behavior. With respect to this and previous work, it is suggested that the physiological aspects of behavioral control play a key role in the type of aggressive behavior displayed.
AB - Aggressive behavior has traditionally been classified into two distinct subtypes: an affective, impulsive aggressive display or a planned, predatory aggressive act. While a number of investigations have examined the clinical and physiological correlates in impulsive aggressive individuals, very little research has been conducted on those individuals engaging in predominantly premeditated aggressive acts. The present study compared a group of premeditated aggressive psychiatric outpatients with a group of normal, nonaggressive control subjects on personality, neuropsychological and cognitive psychophysiological measures. Consistent with previous work, premeditated aggressors did not differ significantly from controls on most measures of neuropsychological and psychophysiological function. Premeditated aggressors did show significant personality pathology scoring higher on measures of impulsivity, verbal and physical aggression, anger, hostility, psychoticism and neuroticism. Overall, these results suggest a distinctive personality style that is associated with aggressive behavior. With respect to this and previous work, it is suggested that the physiological aspects of behavioral control play a key role in the type of aggressive behavior displayed.
KW - Aggression
KW - Event-related potentials
KW - Neuropsychology
KW - Personality
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U2 - 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00070-3
DO - 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00070-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037395227
VL - 34
SP - 773
EP - 781
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
SN - 0191-8869
IS - 5
ER -