Citation

Wolfersdorf M, Kiefer A. Psychotherapeut 1999; 44(2): 94-100.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s002780050152

PMID

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Abstract

50 depressed in-patients (unipolar depression, only severe depressive episodes without psychotic symptoms, no bipolar affective disorder, 2/3 female, 1/3 male in-patients, age range 20-60 years) consecutively admitted to the Weissenau Depression Treatment and Research Unit spring and summer 1996 were compared to 50 healthy controls (matched pairs by age and sex; no somatic or psychic disorder, no antidepressants or psychotherapeutic treatment prior to study, no suicidal behaviour known) assessed on aggressivity using the Buss-Durkey-Hostility-Inventory (BDHI). Significantly higher scores of BDHI-sum scores and especially in subscores called 'inhibited aggression' were found in depressed and suicidal in-patients in comparison to healthy controls or nonsuicidal depressed persons. No differences were found in open physical and verbal aggression scores.

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Keywords

aggression; Aggression; aggressiveness; article; clinical article; controlled study; depression; Depression; disease association; female; hospital patient; hostility; human; Inhibited vs. open aggression; male; psychological theory; scoring system; Suicidal behaviour; suicide