title: Relationships between measures of direct and indirect hostility and self-destructive behaviour by hospitalized schizophrenics.
abstract: To test the hypothesis that suicidal and self-destructive behaviour correlate with subjective and objective measures of hostility and violence, these behaviours in hospitalized schizophrenics were correlated to self-report (Buss-Durkee) and observer-rated (Lion Scale) measures. Self-destructive acts were significantly correlated with six of the seven of the Buss-Durkee self-report hostility subscales. The observed measures of hostility and violence correlated with seclusion and with restraint as a self-protective measure. Neither the Lion nor the Buss-Durkee measures correlated with depression measures. Thus, our data indicate that self-destructive acts in hospitalized schizophrenics may be better predicted by feelings of anger and hostility than by depression, a finding with relevance for clinicians who treat schizophrenic patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence