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Changes in antisocial aggressiveness during treatment in a hierarchical therapeutic community. A prospective study of personality changes
Author(s) -
Ravndal E.,
Vaglum P.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb03188.x
Subject(s) - millon clinical multiaxial inventory , dropout (neural networks) , psychology , antisocial personality disorder , personality , aggression , clinical psychology , personality assessment inventory , psychopathy , poison control , injury prevention , psychiatry , personality disorders , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology , machine learning , computer science
Thirty‐six consecutive substance abusers were examined at intake and after 1 year of residency in a hierarchical therapeutic community using the personality instruments Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) and Basic Character Inventory. Two antisocial aggressiveness subgroups were identified: a no‐increase group ( n = 11) that had high intake scores on MCMI antisocial aggression, small changes during the stay and a high dropout rate (45%) as outpatients: and an increase group ( n = 25) with lower scores at intake and a low dropout rate (20%). A high level of antisocial aggressiveness at intake was related to dropout in the no‐increase group, and a high degree of increase in antisocial aggressiveness was related to dropout in the increase group. The results show the importance of monitoring antisocial aggressiveness during treatment.