Aggression and the risk for suicidal behaviors among children.
Two subtypes of aggression--reactive and proactive--were examined to see how they relate to suicidal behaviors among young children admitted for acute psychiatric inpatient care. The children and their parents completed self-report questionnaires/interviews. Regression analyses revealed that depressed girls who scored higher on reactive aggression reported more suicidal behaviors; whereas proactive aggression did not relate to suicidal behaviors for either boys or girls.
Greening
Leilani
L
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. lgreening@umc.edu
Stoppelbein
Laura
L
Luebbe
Aaron
A
Fite
Paula J
PJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland