A Study on the Factors Affecting Anger in Patients With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Author:
Sungsuk JE
1
;
Kiwon KIM
;
Seon NAMGUNG
;
Seung-Hoon LEE
;
Hyung Seok SO
;
Jin Hee CHOI
;
Hayun CHOI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:Psychiatry Investigation 2022;19(11):927-936
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Objective:To identify the factors affecting anger in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients who underwent Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2).
Methods:We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent CAPS and MMPI-2 at Veteran Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. Based on the CAPS score, the patients were divided into the PTSD group (n=46) and the trauma exposed without PTSD group (n=29). After checking the correlation between anger, CAPS, and MMPI-2 scales, logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the risk factors for clinically relevant symptoms.
Results:The PTSD group showed significant differences in schizophrenia-related symptoms, ideas of persecution, aggressiveness, psychoticism, and anger scales compared to the trauma-exposed without PTSD group. There was a significant correlation between anger, CAPS, and MMPI-2 except masculinity/femininity, disconstraint, and MacAndrew Alcoholism-Revised. In particular, anger has been shown to have a substantial connection with paranoia, schizophrenia-related symptoms, ideas of persecution, aberrant experiences, and psychoticism. Multiple regression analysis identified that the only significant risk factor for anger was the negative emotionalityeuroticism scale (odds ratio=1.152, p<0.001).
Conclusion:The PTSD group had increased anger compared to the trauma-exposed without PTSD group, and that negative emotions may be a risk factor for PTSD.
