James, Andrew I. W., Boehnke, Jan Rasmus orcid.org/0000-0003-0249-1870, Young, Andrew W. orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-6297 et al. (1 more author) (2015) Modelling verbal aggression, physical aggression and inappropriate sexual behaviour after acquired brain injury. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. ISSN 1471-2954
Abstract
Understanding the underpinnings of behavioural disturbances following brain injury is of considerable importance, but little at present is known about the relationships between different types of behavioural disturbances. Here, we take a novel approach to this issue by using confirmatory factor analysis to elucidate the architecture of verbal aggression, physical aggression and inappropriate sexual behaviour using systematic records made across an eight-week observation period for a large sample (n = 301) of individuals with a range of brain injuries. This approach offers a powerful test of the architecture of these behavioural disturbances by testing the fit between observed behaviours and different theoretical models. We chose models that reflected alternative theoretical perspectives based on generalized disinhibition (Model 1), a difference between aggression and inappropriate sexual behaviour (Model 2), or on the idea that verbal aggression, physical aggression and inappropriate sexual behaviour reflect broadly distinct but correlated clinical phenomena (Model 3). Model 3 provided the best fit to the data indicating that these behaviours can be viewed as distinct, but with substantial overlap. These data are important both for developing models concerning the architecture of behaviour as well as for clinical management in individuals with brain injury.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, The author. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Hull York Medical School (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2016 16:17 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:17 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0711 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1098/rspb.2015.0711 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95073 |
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