"ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENCES IN AGGRESSIVE POTENTIAL AND ANTISOCIAL TRAITS IN HOSPITALIZED FORENSIC PATIENTS USING PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY (PAI)"

Abstract

"The clinical retrospective study of 120 subjects involved in the process of assessment during psychological evaluation and hospital treatment of severe mental disorder will be presented. Violent criminal act is a direct manifestation of release of aggressive potential, but it can be triggered also by psychotic symptoms like delusions and hallucinations. A sample of 60 subjects hospitalized at the forensic unit of psychiatric department were assessed using Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and compared to 60 subjects from general psychiatric wards. Beside descriptive statistical methods univariate and multivariate analysis of variance was performed to test hypothesis of significant differences in PAI aggression scale (AGG) and antisocial clinical scale (ANT) and subscales (aggressive attitude AGG-A, verbal aggression AGG-V, physical aggression AGG-P, Egocentricity ANT-E, Antisocial Behaviors ANT-A and Stimulus Seeking ANT-S) as well as VPI index between groups. Higher scores on the ANT scale were found in the group of forensic in-patients compared to patients from general psychiatric wards and a negative correlation between age and ANT score."