Table 6.
Implicit and explicit measures of aggression (mean ± SD) and Kruskal–Wallis test statistics for pTBIs and HCsa
dlPFC (n = 14) | vmPFC (n = 19) | ipTC (n = 13) | Other lesions (n = 30) | HC (n = 33) | Statistics | |
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Violence IAT D-score | 0.91 ± 0.36 | 1.17 ± 0.32 | 0.94 ± 0.37 | 1.29 ± 0.18 | 1.16 ± 0.26 | H = 17.61, p < 0.01 |
Congruent RT (ms) | 1225 ± 463 | 949 ± 300 | 1211 ± 747 | 824 ± 348 | 805 ± 160 | H = 23.35, p < 0.01 |
Incongruent RT (ms) | 2134 ± 693 | 1461 ± 446 | 1705 ± 899 | 1597 ± 753 | 1381 ± 348 | H = 14.98, p < 0.01 |
Weapons IAT D-score | 0.94 ± 0.37 | 0.96 ± 0.38 | 0.85 ± 0.43 | 1.02 ± 0.42 | 0.95 ± 0.38 | H = 2.03, p = 0.730 |
Congruent RT (ms) | 1025 ± 237 | 846 ± 150 | 1160 ± 450 | 867 ± 436 | 858 ± 189 | H = 15.60, p = 0.004 |
Incongruent RT (ms) | 1664 ± 671 | 1291 ± 412 | 1591 ± 725 | 1210 ± 595 | 1234 ± 309 | F = 13.13, p = 0.011 |
AQ (Total) | 51.43 ± 13.35 | 46.53 ± 7.63 | 52.77 ± 7.72 | 46.0 ± 11.0 | 53.61 ± 10.03 | H = 13.11, p = 0.011 |
Physical | 50.64 ± 12.39 | 51.16 ± 6.27 | 51.85 ± 7.61 | 47.32 ± 9.2 | 52.79 ± 11.2 | H = 6.76, p = 0.149 |
Verbal | 53.50 ± 11.89 | 47.95 ± 9.23 | 51.15 ± 7.93 | 46.52 ± 12.86 | 50.94 ± 12.37 | H = 3.21, p = 0.523 |
Anger | 50.93 ± 14.21 | 45.21 ± 11.35 | 53.15 ± 9.6 | 44.81 ± 13.39 | 50.67 ± 12.65 | H = 6.59, p = 0.159 |
Hostility | 53.21 ± 14.13 | 48.58 ± 7.91 | 53.69 ± 8.22 | 45.84 ± 13.8 | 54.67 ± 11.82 | H = 12.67, p = 0.013 |
Indirect | 51.86 ± 9.64 | 46.95 ± 9.27 | 55.15 ± 8.92 | 44.94 ± 12.53 | 51.48 ± 12.11 | H = 14.19, p < 0.01 |
AGVQ (total) | 19.93 ± 17.73 | 16.21 ± 10.78 | 19.77 ± 14.93 | 20.97 ± 13.39 | 17.82 ± 9.94 | H = 2.03, p = 0.730 |
Shame | 6.79 ± 18.47 | 5.74 ± 13.94 | 8.69 ± 16.17 | 9.06 ± 17.4 | 4.36 ± 10.4 | H = 4.66, p = 0.324 |
Comfort | 1.14 ± 10.66 | 10.26 ± 14.07 | 13.46 ± 19.8 | 14.94 ± 17.07 | 8.7 ± 11.43 | H = 2.91, p = 0.573 |
Excite | 6.5 ± 22.61 | 5.74 ± 15.76 | 9.08 ± 20.39 | 9.81 ± 18.95 | 3.67 ± 10.53 | H = 1.84, p = 0.765 |
Power | 9.09 ± 17.79 | 8.74 ± 12.26 | 11.54 ± 17.64 | 14.42 ± 19.38 | 8.64 ± 12.65 | H = 3.02, p = 0.55 |
STAXI | 45.57 ± 10.26 | 42.42 ± 9.55 | 47.85 ± 7.72 | 42.0 ± 8.94 | 48.42 ± 11.34 | H = 8.29, p = 0.081 |
aFor HC scores, see Table 2.