Personality predictors of forensic inpatient violence
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Personality predictors of forensic inpatient violence: a focus on anxiety and trauma.
IRAS ID
302428
Contact name
James Tapp
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Noclor
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 30 days
Research summary
The study will aim to investigate whether incidents of verbal aggression, physical violence or self-harm can be predicted by specific personality characteristics, specifically, anger, personality disorder, trauma and anxiety. The focus on anxiety and trauma is in light of recent research evidence that these personality characteristics might explain violent behaviour. The study will be conducted using existing routinely collected data at the study site, and will not require active recruitment of participants. The study sample will be forensic inpatients, as there are reported rates of violence for this population within hospital. The study will involve collating existing data at the study site, which includes, personality assessments and reported incidents.
REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/SC/0221
Date of REC Opinion
22 Jul 2021
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion