We assessed a person's propensity towards perpetrating aggressive acts using the Appetitive Aggression Scale (AAS; Weierstall and Elbert [ 9]), a semi-structured interview for the assessment of a person's propensity towards violence that has been validated with over 1.600 ex-combatants (including Rwandan genocide perpetrators and Ugandan child soldiers).
We assessed a person's propensity towards perpetrating aggressive acts using the Appetitive Aggression Scale (AAS; [ 37]), a semi-structured interview for the assessment of a person's propensity towards violence that has been validated with over 1.600 ex-combatants and that has proven its good psychometric properties.
In the questionnaire it was possible to distinguish between external and internal violence, i.e. between aggression perpetrated by patients, their relatives or friends, and aggression on the part of other workers.
The definition of aggression, which passed without dissent, included launching military attacks, sending armed mercenaries against another state, and allowing one's territory to be used for perpetrating an act of aggression against another state.
Gender violence in particular, she argues, is rooted in deep cultural and religious beliefs, so change is often vehemently resisted by the communities perpetrating the acts of aggression.
The purpose of the first audit was fourfold: i) to identify the incidence of the perpetration of family aggression among clinical and forensic samples; ii) to identify whether there were any reports of weapon use during aggressive episodes; iii) to identify the target of family aggression (parents or siblings); and iv) to identify the form of aggression perpetrated (verbal or physical).
Two audits of case files were conducted to systematically document aggression perpetrated by referred youths toward their family members.
This paper aims to review the research evidence from existing communication skills training programmes that are exclusively or partly focused on the reduction of aggression perpetrated by patients.
Marijuana users are more likely to perpetrate intimate partner aggression (IPA) than non-users, yet the mechanism responsible for this association is unknown.
Based on these findings, we would urge professionals who work within the child mental health, particularly the forensic area, to systematically collect reports of aggression perpetrated toward family members.
For Philippe, this significance of the problem is not up for discussion: "Every aggression perpetrated against one of our fellow citizens because they are Jewish resounds like a new shattering of glass," the prime minister wrote.
