TABLE 2.

Six-month violence risk factor scores in a follow-up sample of 2,579 participants with mental illnesses

Characteristic	Violence factor scorea			Test statistic	df	p
	M	SD	Range
Overall score for follow-up sample	−.39	.57	−.64 to 3.38
Sex				F=15.49	1, 2,577	<.001
Male	−.42	.53	−.64 to 3.38
Female	−.33	.63	−.64 to 2.64
Race-ethnicity				F=2.02	3, 2,575	.109
White	−.38	.54	−.64 to 2.79
Black	−.38	.61	−.64 to 3.38
Hispanic	−.44	.54	−.64 to 1.98
Other	−.55	.38	−.64 to 1.25
Primary diagnosis				F=62.40	4, 2,567	<.001
Schizophrenia	−.50	.47	−.64 to 3.38
Bipolar disorder	−.33	.61	−.64 to 2.64
Major depression	−.15	.68	−.64 to 2.79
Substance use disorder	−.05	.68	−.64 to 2.62
Other	−.16	.57	−.64 to 1.39
Alcohol use				F=40.21	2, 2,570	<.001
Abstinence	−.47	.49	−.64 to 2.62
Nonproblematic use	−.37	.56	−.64 to 2.62
Problematic use	−.24	.68	−.64 to 3.38
Drug use				F=28.83	2, 2,566	<.001
Abstinence	−.45	.52	−.64 to 2.64
Nonproblematic use	−.35	.57	−.64 to 2.24
Problematic use	−.25	.68	−.64 to 3.38
Recent hospitalization (past 6 months)				F=114.76	1, 2,576	<.001
No	−.51	.49	−.64 to 3.38
Yes	−.27	.62	−64 to 2.79
Age				r=−.22		<.001
Psychiatric symptoms
Affect				r=.15		<.001
Positive symptoms				r=−.08		<.001
Negative symptoms				r=−.14		<.001
Disorganized cognitive processing				r=−.15		<.001
Recent violence (past 6 months)				r=.40		<.001
Recent victimization (past 6 months)				r=.32		<.001

^aHigher violence factor scores indicate greater prevalence or severity of violence.