Aggressive Personality and Aggressive Incidents: A Pilot Investigation of the Personality Assessment Inventory within Forensic Psychiatry

Few studies to date have examined the utility of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in predicting aggressive behaviour among those deemed ‘not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder.’ In this pilot study, 25 forensic psychiatric patients with a history of violence and diagnosed with psychosis and 20 healthy controls completed the PAI aggression (AGG) scale – composed of subscales attitude (A), verbal (V), and physical …