Perception of aggression, personality disorders and psychiatric morbidity in nursing students.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the relationship between perception of aggression, personality disorders and psychiatric morbidity.


METHODS
Ninety nursing students were interviewed. A two-stage transversal analysis was used, the first stage using the Spanish version of the general health questionnaire (GHQ-28), the true-false test of international personality disorders (IPDE) of Loranger, and the perception of aggression scale (POAS) of Jansen. For the second stage we used the Spanish version of the clinical interview schedule (CIS), and the full test of IPDE.


RESULTS
Perception of aggression was mainly described as a violent reaction. There were no significant differences in the perception of aggression according to GHQ(+), CIS(+) and IPDE(+). There was a significant relationship between perception of aggression as violent reaction and gender.


CONCLUSIONS
Aggression was perceived by our nursing students as a violent reaction. A significant relationship with gender was observed.
Muro
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Department of Nursing, University School of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Tomas
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Moreno
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Rubio
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D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012938:Social Perception; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires