The Predictive Value of Early-Life Trauma, Psychopathy, and the Testosterone-Cortisol Ratio for Impulsive Aggression Problems in Veterans.

Q1 Psychology Chronic Stress Pub Date : 2019-08-28 eCollection Date: 2019-01-01 DOI:10.1177/2470547019871901

Pauline O J Korpel, Tim Varkevisser, Sylco S Hoppenbrouwers, Jack Van Honk, Elbert Geuze

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Abstract

Background: In this study, we examined whether early-life trauma, psychopathy, and the testosterone/cortisol ratio predicted impulsive aggression problems in veterans.

Method: A sample of 49 male veterans with impulsive aggression problems and 51 nonaggressive veterans were included in the study. Logistic regression analysis was performed with early-life trauma, primary and secondary psychopathy, and testosterone/cortisol ratio as continuous predictor variables; impulsive aggression status was entered as a binary outcome measure. Correlation analyses were conducted to examine pairwise relations among the predictors.

Results: Results indicated that early-life trauma and secondary psychopathy, but not the testosterone/cortisol ratio or primary psychopathy, were significant predictors of impulsive aggression status.

Conclusions: The current results indicate that early-life trauma and secondary psychopathy are risk factors for impulsive aggression problems among veterans. Future studies are needed to determine the exact causal relations among the variables examined here.

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早期生活创伤、精神病和睾酮皮质醇比值对退伍军人冲动性攻击问题的预测价值。

背景:在本研究中，我们考察了早期生活创伤、精神变态和睾酮/皮质醇比值是否能预测退伍军人的冲动性攻击问题。方法:选取49名有冲动性攻击问题的男性退伍军人和51名无冲动性攻击问题的男性退伍军人作为研究对象。以早期生活创伤、原发性和继发性精神病、睾酮/皮质醇比值为连续预测变量进行Logistic回归分析;冲动攻击状态输入作为二元结果测量。进行相关分析以检验预测因子之间的两两关系。结果:早期生活创伤和继发精神病是冲动性攻击状态的显著预测因子，而睾酮/皮质醇比值和原发精神病与冲动性攻击状态无关。结论:早期生活创伤和继发精神疾病是退伍军人冲动性攻击问题的危险因素。需要进一步的研究来确定这里所检查的变量之间确切的因果关系。

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