Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
ARTICLESAggressive Behavior in Clinically Depressed Adolescents
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Measurement of Aggressive Behavior in Youths
The prevalence and nature of aggressive behavior in youths only recently received significant research attention, in part because of the increased media attention to recent acts of youth violence. Past research on aggression in youths has been impeded by the limited number of structured, psychometrically sound instruments addressing aggressive behavior in youths (Gothelf et al., 1997). Another impediment to the study of aggression in youths has been the debate over whether to rely on parent or
Participants
Participants were 74 adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD) who were referred for treatment at a university-based psychiatric facility. Eighty-five percent of the sample were inpatients, and 15% were outpatients. Reasons for inpatient hospitalization included significantly impaired reality-testing, potential dangerousness to self or others, and incapacitating mental illness. The primary reason for admission was aggressive behavior/potential dangerousness to others for 12.2% of the
Prevalence and Characteristics of Aggressive Behavior in Depressed Adolescents
Means and standard deviations of scores on adolescent- and parent-report scales of aggression are reported in Table 2. Adolescents' responses to the BG indicate that 70% of the total sample reported a history of “frequent” verbal aggression at home, 24% reported frequent physical aggression in the home, 30% reported receiving detentions at school for aggression, and 14% reported being arrested for aggressive behavior. Nineteen percent reported frequent detentions, and 4% reported frequent
Prevalence and Nature of Aggressive Behavior in Depressed Adolescents
Results of this study indicate that depressed adolescents who are referred for treatment engage in high levels of aggressive behavior. Almost one fourth of the adolescents demonstrated significant, persistent aggression across settings, and a substantial majority demonstrated such aggression in at least one setting. With the exception of higher levels of aggression in youths with comorbid ODD and CD, the level of aggression was not associated with higher comorbidity.
The reason for the high
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This research was supported by a grant to Dr. King from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The authors express their appreciation to Elizabeth Weidmer-Mikhail, M.D., Azmaira Maker, Ph.D., Steve Katz, Ph.D., Diane Koram, M.S.W., Sarah Degue, Jodi Kleinman, Phil Walker, and George Stegeman.