Résumés du XXXIIIe Congrès International de droit et de santé ...

Instruments to Rate Aggression: Psychometric Evaluations and Content-of-itemsAnalysesÖrjan Falk, University of Gothenburg (ofalken@gmail.com)Background: Aggression has been defined as a goal-directed motor behavior that has thedeliberate intent to harm or injure another object or individual. Aggression is, however, not aclear-cut concept. Distinctions have been made between, e.g., verbal and physical aggression,introvert and extrovert aggression, and premeditated/instrumental (proactive) and impulsive(reactive) aggression. Furthermore, aggression can be perceived both as a trait and a state. Sincethese distinctions and definitions are often made without clear empirical or theoreticalunderpinnings, the risk that they hamper systematic research on aggressive behavior should notbe underestimated.Aims: (1) To review the relationship between a sample of frequently used aggression inventoriesi.e. Life History of Aggression (LHA), Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) and State – Trait AngerExpression Inventory (STAXI-2)with respect to their theoretical background, and (2) to assessadvantages and difficulties in the use of these aggression inventories in clinical and/or researchsituations.Method: Applied Thematic Analysis will be used to study conceptualizations of aggression inselected inventory items, to detect vague and unclear inventory items, to assess advantages anddifficulties in selected inventories in relation to clinical or research situations.Results: We will present weak points of inventories at item level, as well as possible weakrelations between the theoretical basis of the instrument and the interpretation of aggression thatthe items actually entail. The results will hopefully have implications for clinical risk assessment,treatments, and/or research.11. Asylum Deniability and Retraumatization in the NetherlandsT.B.E. *12. Asylum SeekersAsylum in the US Based on Sexual Orientation: The Intersection of MentalHealth and the LawRichard G. Dudley, Jr., Consulting Psychiatrist, New York, USA (rgdudleyjr@gmail.com)40