The Experience, Expression, and Control of Anger Following Traumatic Brain Injury in a Military Sample.
Publication Status: Published
Sponsoring Organization: Defense Health Agency (formerly TRICARE Management Activity)
Sponsoring Office: Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
Congressionally Mandated: No
Funding Source: Defense Health Agency (formerly TRICARE Management Activity)
Release Date/Publication: February 01, 2014
Principle Investigator Status: Government
Primary DoD Data Source: Other
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on the experience and expression of anger in a military sample.
PARTICIPANTS: A total of 661 military personnel with a history of TBI and 1204 military personnel with no history of TBI.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional, between-group design, using multivariate analysis of variance.
MAIN MEASURE: State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2).
RESULTS: Participants with a history of TBI had higher scores on the STAXI-2 than controls and were 2 to 3 times more likely than the participants in the control group to have at least 1 clinically significant elevation on the STAXI-2. Results suggested that greater time since injury (ie, months between TBI and assessment) was associated with lower scores on the STAXI-2 State Anger scale.
CONCLUSION: Although the results do not take into account confounding psychiatric conditions and cannot address causality, they suggest that a history of TBI increases the risk of problems with the experience, expression, and control of anger. This bolsters the need for proper assessment of anger when evaluating TBI in a military cohort.
Citation:
Bailie JM, Cole WR, Ivins B, Boyd C, Lewis S, Neff J, Schwab K. The Experience, Expression, and Control of Anger Following Traumatic Brain Injury in a Military Sample. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2014 Feb 28.