Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression Scales and Violence Potential Index in Veterans With PTSD |
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| Authors: | Eric F. Crawford Patrick S. Calhoun Loretta E. Braxton Jean C. Beckham |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Durham VA Medical Center , Durham , North Carolina;2. VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center VA Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care Durham VA Medical Center Durham, North Carolina and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke University Medical Center;3. Durham VA Medical Center Durham, North Carolina and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke University Medical Center;4. VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center Durham VA Medical Center Durham, North Carolina and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke University Medical Center |
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| Abstract: | Examined humor appreciation of cartoons as a function of sex of subject and type of humor. Four broad types of humor were presented: sexual-exploitative, sexual-nonexploitative, nonsexual-hostile, and nonsexual-nonhostile. Sexual-nonexploitative humor was rated as funnier than the other three types but nonsexual-nonhostile humor was given a more positive overall rating than the other types. Relative to males, females gave greater ratings of hostility to the cartoons and rated them less positively. Correlational analyses further suggested that females were not as affected as males by variations in sexuality, exploitation, and hostility. For males, greater ratings of sexuality were associated with greater funniness ratings while the reverse was true for greater ratings of hostility. Possible interpretations of these data were discussed. |
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