Zusammenfassung
Untersucht wurden stationäre depressiv kranke Patienten im Vergleich zu Kontrollen hinsichtlich ihres Ausmaßes von Aggressivität, gemessen mit dem Buss-Durkee-Aggressionsfragebogen. Dabei konnten bei den depressiv Kranken erhöhte Werte im Bereich der verdeckten, gehemmten Aggression gefunden werden; hinsichtlich der nach außen geäußerten verbalen und körperlichen Aggression unterscheiden sich depressiv Kranke nicht von gesunden Kontrollen.
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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 non-suicidal depressed persons. No differences were found in open physical and verbal aggression scores.
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Wolfersdorf, M., Kiefer, A. Depression, Aggression und Suizidalität . Psychotherapeut 44, 94–100 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002780050152
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