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A previous population-based taxometric study reported that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-4<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> Edition (DSM-IV) intermittent explosive disorder (IED) belongs to its own discrete class (taxon) rather than existing along a continuum.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291719002952_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study sought to extend previous population-based findings in a clinical research sample of adults with DSM-5 IED (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 346), adults with non-aggressive DSM-5 disorders (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 293), and adults without any DSM-5 disorder (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 174), using standardized assessments of DSM-5 diagnoses, aggression, and other related measures not available in past studies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291719002952_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Analyses revealed a taxonic latent structure that overlapped with the DSM-5 diagnosis of IED. 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