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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2009 Feb 18;43(12):1036–1048. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2009.01.002

Table 7.

Correlation between behavioral and self-report measures of aggression as a function of group.

PSAP B-ratio
HV OPD BPD
BPAQ
Physical −.12 .12 .24*
Verbal −.11 −.01 .11
Anger −.04 .01 .24*
Hostility .01 .06 .15
LHA
Aggression .22 .02 .19
Self-aggression –a −.02 −.13
Antisocial .14 .01 .13
STAXI
State anger −.07 −.04 .03
Trait anger .11 −.06 .17
Anger in −.01 .02 .02
Anger out .10 .05 .10
Anger control −.14 .05 −.09
Anger expression .13 .01 .10

Note: HV = Healthy volunteers; OPD = Other (non cluster B) personality disorder; BPD = Borderline personality disorder PSAP B-Ratio = Point subtraction aggression paradigm aggressive response ratio; BPAQ = Buss–perry aggression questionnaire; LHA = Life history of aggression; STAXI = State-trait anger expression inventory.

a

No subjects in the HV group reported any self-aggression.

*

p < .05.