TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the risk of imminent aggression in institutionalized youth offenders using the dynamic appraisal of situational aggression
AU - Chu, Chi Meng
AU - Hoo, Eric
AU - Daffern, Michael David
AU - Tan, Jolie
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This study aimed to examine the predictive validity of an empirically validated
measure, designed to appraise the risk of imminent aggression within
institutionalized adult psychiatric patients (Dynamic Appraisal of
Situational Aggression; DASA), in adolescent male and female
offenders. The supervising staff members on the residential units rated
the DASA daily for 49 youth (29 males and 20 females) over two
months. The results showed that DASA total scores significantly
predicted institutional aggression in the following 24 and 48 hrs;
however, the predictive validity of the DASA for institutional aggression
was, at best, modest. Further analyses on male and female subsamples
revealed that the DASA total scores only predicted imminent institutional
aggression in the male subsample. Item analyses showed that
negative attitudes, anger when requests are denied, and unwillingness to
follow instructions predicted institutional aggression more strongly as
compared with other behavioral manifestations of an irritable and
unstable mental state as assessed by the DASA.
AB - This study aimed to examine the predictive validity of an empirically validated
measure, designed to appraise the risk of imminent aggression within
institutionalized adult psychiatric patients (Dynamic Appraisal of
Situational Aggression; DASA), in adolescent male and female
offenders. The supervising staff members on the residential units rated
the DASA daily for 49 youth (29 males and 20 females) over two
months. The results showed that DASA total scores significantly
predicted institutional aggression in the following 24 and 48 hrs;
however, the predictive validity of the DASA for institutional aggression
was, at best, modest. Further analyses on male and female subsamples
revealed that the DASA total scores only predicted imminent institutional
aggression in the male subsample. Item analyses showed that
negative attitudes, anger when requests are denied, and unwillingness to
follow instructions predicted institutional aggression more strongly as
compared with other behavioral manifestations of an irritable and
unstable mental state as assessed by the DASA.
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14789949.2012.668207
U2 - 10.1080/14789949.2012.668207
DO - 10.1080/14789949.2012.668207
M3 - Article
SN - 1478-9949
VL - 23
SP - 168
EP - 183
JO - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
JF - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
IS - 2
ER -