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Gender differences in aggressive behavior at admission to a psychiatric hospital

Gender differences in aggressive behavior at admission to a psychiatric hospital As aggressive behavior has a negative impact in general psychiatry, its influence specifically from a gender‐related point of view in an in‐patient population of a psychiatric clinic was assessed at the time of admission. A group of 521 successively admitted psychiatric in‐patients was investigated at admission with the help of the “Social Dysfunction and Aggression Scale”. A slightly higher frequency and intensity of “verbal aggressive behavior” was observed in males. Within the other categories of aggressive behavior (“tension”, “physical violence to things”, and “assaults”), however, the percentages and intensities of gender‐related aggressive behavior did not differ significantly. Furthermore, under the covarying impact of various psychiatric diagnoses, the gender‐related differences concerning the intensity of “verbal aggressive behavior” disappeared. When comparing male and female subgroups, it was notable that male schizophrenic patients were younger than female patients when displaying comparable risks of showing at least one kind of aggressive behavior. In addition, in the female subgroup, “self‐injurious behavior” was more strongly correlated to the category “tension” than in the male subgroup. Although there are some methodological shortcomings, the present results show that there are small qualitative differences in gender‐related aggressive behavior in addition to minimal quantitative differences in the frequency and intensity of “verbal aggressive behavior” at admission. Aggr. Behav. 33:1–7, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aggressive Behavior Wiley

Gender differences in aggressive behavior at admission to a psychiatric hospital

Grube, Michael
Aggressive Behavior , Volume 33 (2) – Jan 1, 2007
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Abstract

As aggressive behavior has a negative impact in general psychiatry, its influence specifically from a gender‐related point of view in an in‐patient population of a psychiatric clinic was assessed at the time of admission. A group of 521 successively admitted psychiatric in‐patients was investigated at admission with the help of the “Social Dysfunction and Aggression Scale”. A slightly higher frequency and intensity of “verbal aggressive behavior” was observed in males. Within the other categories of aggressive behavior (“tension”, “physical violence to things”, and “assaults”), however, the percentages and intensities of gender‐related aggressive behavior did not differ significantly. Furthermore, under the covarying impact of various psychiatric diagnoses, the gender‐related differences concerning the intensity of “verbal aggressive behavior” disappeared. When comparing male and female subgroups, it was notable that male schizophrenic patients were younger than female patients when displaying comparable risks of showing at least one kind of aggressive behavior. In addition, in the female subgroup, “self‐injurious behavior” was more strongly correlated to the category “tension” than in the male subgroup. Although there are some methodological shortcomings, the present results show that there are small qualitative differences in gender‐related aggressive behavior in addition to minimal quantitative differences in the frequency and intensity of “verbal aggressive behavior” at admission. Aggr. Behav. 33:1–7, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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