Intimate partner and general aggression perpetration among combat veterans presenting to a posttraumatic stress disorder clinic.

Taft, Casey T.; Weatherill, Robin P.; Woodward, Halley E.; Pinto, Lavinia A.; Watkins, Laura E.; Miller, Mark W.; Dekel, Rachel

doi:10.1037/a0016657

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“…Similarly, combat stress is shown to be associated with domestic violence perpetration among active-duty military personnel [20], military veterans [21] and prisoners of war [22]. Associations between combat stress and perpetration of domestic violence are, however, found to be partly mediated by the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [20,23]. These findings are noteworthy as evidence suggests around 15-20 % of military personnel report symptoms of PTSD, anxiety or depression following deployment [24].…”

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“…US National Guard units, US Air Force, Canadian Regular Forces and UK Armed Forces communities). Six studies reported on past year violence only [15,23,[41][42][43]47], three on any violence perpetrated within a current relationship [44][45][46] and one on violence perpetrated in the weeks following return from deployment [48]. Six studies included both male and female military personnel and four included only men.…”

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“…Five of the ten studies were categorised as high-quality (i.e. scoring 50 % or more for selection bias) [23,43,46,47]. Full details of study design, sample size and outcomes are provided in Table 2.…”

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“…All studies were conducted in high-income countries, with seven in the USA [15,23,[41][42][43][44][45], one in Canada [46], one in Israel [47] and one in the UK [20]. Seven papers sampled only military veterans [15,23,41,42,44,45,47], two papers sampled only active-duty military personnel [43,46] and one sampled both active-duty and ex-service personnel [20].…”

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A systematic review of mental disorders and perpetration of domestic violence among military populations

Trevillion

Williamson

Thandi

et al. 2015

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Purpose Military populations may experience more severe forms of domestic violence than the general population. Although mental disorders are associated with domestic violence perpetration among the general population, it is not clear whether this is the case for military populations. This review aimed to establish the prevalence and odds of domestic violence perpetration among male and female military personnel with mental disorders. Methods Systematic review: searches of eleven electronic databases were supplemented by hand searches, reference screening, citation tracking and expert recommendations.Results Ten studies were included; nine reporting on partner violence and one on violence against an adult family member. Median prevalence estimates were calculated for partner violence perpetration among male military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); estimates on other disorders were not possible due to lack of data. 27.5 % of men with PTSD reported past year physical violence perpetration against a partner and 91.0 % reported past year psychological violence perpetration against a partner. Due to limited data, no median estimates could be calculated for female military personnel. Data from individual papers indicate increased odds of past year partner violence perpetration among male and female military personnel with depression; inconsistent findings were reported for risk of partner violence perpetration among male and female military personnel with PTSD.Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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Section: Key Featuresmentioning

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A systematic review of mental disorders and perpetration of domestic violence among military populations

Trevillion

Williamson

Thandi

et al. 2015

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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“…An association between symptoms of PTSD and both general and partner aggression has been consistently demonstrated in Veteran and civilian populations [22,[28][29][30][31][32][33]. In the nationally representative National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study [34], 13.5 percent of Veterans without PTSD were identified as partner-violent during the previous year, whereas 33 percent of Veterans with PTSD perpetrated violence [35].…”

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Assessment and treatment of posttraumatic anger and aggression: A review

Taft¹,

Creech²,

Kachadourian³

2012

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Abstract-The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense's (DOD) recently published and updated Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense VA/ DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of PostTraumatic Stress includes irritability, severe agitation, and anger as specific symptoms that frequently co-occur with PTSD. For the first time, the guideline includes nine specific recommendations for the assessment and treatment of PTSDrelated anger, irritability, and agitation. This article will review the literature on PTSD and its association with anger and aggression. We highlight explanatory models for these associations, factors that contribute to the occurrence of anger and aggression in PTSD, assessment of anger and aggression, and effective anger management interventions and strategies.

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Direct and indirect relationships among posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, hostility, anger, and verbal and physical aggression in returning veterans

Bhardwaj

Angkaw

Franceschetti

et al. 2019

Aggressive Behavior

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Hostility, anger, and aggression are conceptually related but unique constructs found to occur more often among veterans with PTSD than among civilians or veterans without PTSD. However, the pathways between PTSD, depression, hostility, anger, and aggression have not been comprehensively characterized. Therefore, drawing on a sample of returning Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom combat veterans (N = 175; 95% male; mean age 30 years), this study sought to examine the direct and indirect relationships among PTSD, depression, hostility, anger, and four types of aggression: verbal, and physical toward self, others, and objects. Functional modeling of direct effects was done using multiple least-squares regression, and bootstrapped mediation analyses were carried out to test indirect effects. Results indicate that PTSD is not the overall direct contributor to different forms of aggression, supporting the mediating role of depression and trait anger. Depression symptoms explain part of the relationships between PTSD and verbal aggression, physical aggression toward objects, and physical aggression toward self, and trait anger explains part of the relationships between PTSD and verbal aggression, physical aggression toward objects, and physical aggression toward others. Our findings support the importance of assessing for anger, depression, and different types of aggression among veterans presenting for PTSD treatment to develop individualized treatment plans that may benefit from early incorporation of interventions.

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Intimate partner and general aggression perpetration among combat veterans presenting to a posttraumatic stress disorder clinic.

Cited by 95 publications

References 41 publications

A systematic review of mental disorders and perpetration of domestic violence among military populations

A systematic review of mental disorders and perpetration of domestic violence among military populations

Assessment and treatment of posttraumatic anger and aggression: A review

Direct and indirect relationships among posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, hostility, anger, and verbal and physical aggression in returning veterans

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