PMID- 14727193
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040625
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 0303-4259 (Print)
IS  - 0303-4259 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 1
DP  - 2004 Jan
TI  - [Ethnic minorities and aggressive behaviour in psychiatric in-patients: an 
      investigation using a "Matched-Pair" design].
PG  - 11-5
AB  - In a group of 105 mentally ill immigrants we investigated the intensity and the 
      frequency of aggressive behaviour at the time of admission with the help of two 
      standardized instruments: the "Social Dysfunction and Aggression Scale" (SDAS) 
      and the "Modified Overt Aggression Scale" (MOAS). As many as possible collateral 
      informants were contacted to gather all information available for the 
      aggressiveness rating. The immigrant group was compared to a matched group of 
      German patients. 416 German patients had to be investigated until 105 of them 
      fulfilled the matching criteria. The matching variables were: age, gender, 
      diagnosis (ICD-10), severity of mental illness (CGI) and social status. The 
      physicians who carried out the matching process and who carried out the 
      aggression-rating were "blind" to the aim of the investigation. We found out that 
      there was no significant difference between immigrants and German patients when 
      the sum-scores of the SDAS and the MOAS are compared (N = 210). When SDAS single 
      variables were compared German patients had a higher severity and frequency of 
      "physical violence towards other persons". We interpreted this finding as an 
      increased level of disinhibition which may be correlated to a higher acceptance 
      of aggressive behaviour in German culture compared to normative beliefs of 
      Mediterranean immigrants.
FAU - Grube, Michael
AU  - Grube M
AD  - Klinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Stadtische Klinik Frankfurt. 
      psychiatrie@skfh.de
LA  - ger
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Ethnisch-nationale Zugehorigkeit und Aggressivitat - "Matched-pair"-Untersuchung 
      an einer akutpsychiatrischen Inanspruchnahmepopulation.
PL  - Germany
TA  - Psychiatr Prax
JT  - Psychiatrische Praxis
JID - 0423204
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Aggression/classification/*psychology
MH  - Antisocial Personality Disorder/diagnosis/*ethnology/psychology
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
MH  - Emigration and Immigration/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Ethnicity/*psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Germany
MH  - Humans
MH  - Inpatients/*psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Matched-Pair Analysis
MH  - Mental Disorders/diagnosis/ethnology/psychology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Minority Groups/*psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Personality Assessment/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychiatric Department, Hospital
MH  - Psychometrics/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Violence/*ethnology/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2004/01/17 05:00
MHDA- 2004/06/26 05:00
CRDT- 2004/01/17 05:00
PHST- 2004/01/17 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/06/26 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/01/17 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1055/s-2003-812566 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychiatr Prax. 2004 Jan;31(1):11-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2003-812566.