Direct and indirect hostility and self-destructive behavior by hospitalized depressives
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 68 (5), 345-350
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb07016.x
Abstract
Suicidal and other self-destructive behavior was correlated with self-report (Buss-Durkee) and observer rated (Lion Scale) measures of hostility and violence in 45 male inpatients with major depressive episodes by DSM III, [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III] criteria (296.2, 296.3, 296.5). Self-destructive acts were significantly correlated with a Buss-Durkee Indirect Hostility factor. Measures of directly expressed hostility and violence correlated with seclusion and restraint for self-protection. None of the Lion or Buss-Durkee measures correlated with depression measures, nor did self-destructive acts correlate with degree of depression in these severe patients. Apparently, in patients with moderate to severe depression, self-destructive acts in the hospital may be better correlated with feelings of anger and hostility than with depression itself.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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