Aggressive Behavior in Clinically Depressed Adolescents

Knox, Michele; King, Cheryl A.; Hanna, Gregory L.; Logan, Deirdre E.; Ghaziuddin, Neera

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“…These problem behaviors include Oppositional Defiant Problems [ODP; Langbehn et al, 1998;Loeber, 2004;Vermeiren, 2003], Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems [ADHP; Farrington, 2005;Frick, 1998;Moffitt, 1990;Pliszka, 1998], Anxiety Problems [Connor, 2002;Russo and Beidel, 1994;Vermeiren, 2003], Affective Problems [Biederman et al, 2001;Goldstein et al, 2005;Knox et al, 2000;Teplin, 2001], and Somatic Problems [Bailey et al, 2005;Crofford, 2007;Piko et al, 2006]. The sixth and final childhood DSM-oriented scale constructed by Achenbach, or Conduct Disorder, is not utilized in this study.…”

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Does controlling for comorbidity matter? DSM‐oriented scales and violent offending in chicago youth

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Wareham

2010

Aggressive Behavior

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Mental health problems have long been linked to antisocial behaviors. Despite an impressive body of literature demonstrating this relationship and claims that comorbidity matters, few studies examine comorbidity using multiple distinct mental health indicators, with most studies instead adopting single or composite mental health measures. This study tested separate and comorbid effects of five DSM-oriented mental health issues on self-reported violence using a community-based sample of Chicago youths from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. Moreover, it utilized both primary caregiver and youth self-reports of psychopathology across four developmental stages of childhood and adolescence. When examined separately, the results indicated affective/depressive, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity, and oppositional defiant/antisocial personality problems independently predicted violence. When considering comorbidity, however, only oppositional defiant and antisocial personality problems significantly predicted violence at any stage, regardless of informant type. Implications for future studies and policy are discussed.

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Does controlling for comorbidity matter? DSM‐oriented scales and violent offending in chicago youth

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Wareham

2010

Aggressive Behavior

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“…The risk factors for aggressive behavior in childhood and adolescence are legion and include, among others: exposure to violence and aggression in the community (i.e., witnessing or being victimized by aggressive acts; Guerra et al 2003;Schwartz and Proctor 2000), in the family (e.g., viewing spousal abuse or receiving harsh physical discipline; Boxer et al (in press);McCloskey et al 1995), and in schools and peer groups (e.g., victimization by physically or relationally aggressive acts, membership in antisocial peer groups; Boxer et al 2003;Espelage et al 2003). Additional identified risk factors include academic difficulties (e.g., low intelligence, poor achievement, learning disability; Huesmann et al 1987;Stipek 1998); psychopathic tendencies or callousness-unemotionality (e.g., shallow affect, lack of concern for others; Frick et al 2003); and psychopathology or related emotional problems (e.g., depression, psychotic symptoms; Boxer 2007; Knox et al 2000). This is not an exhaustive list of risk factors for aggression, but these are some of the key influences often implicated in models of aggression development (Dodge and Pettit 2003;Frick and Morris 2004;Guerra and Huesmann 2004) and highlighted in recommendations for the general assessment and treatment of aggression and antisocial behavior as well as risk for violence (Borum and Verhaagen 2006;Boxer and Frick 2008;Hoge et al 2008).…”

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The Role of Violent Media Preference in Cumulative Developmental Risk for Violence and General Aggression

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The impact of exposure to violence in the media on the long-term development and short-term expression of aggressive behavior has been well documented. However, gaps in this literature remain, and in particular the role of violent media exposure in shaping violent and other serious antisocial behavior has not been investigated. Further, studies of violent media effects typically have not sampled from populations with confirmed histories of violent and/or nonviolent antisocial behavior. In this study, we analyzed data on 820 youth, including 390 juvenile delinquents and 430 high school students, to examine the relation of violent media use to involvement in violence and general aggression. Using criterion scores developed through crossinformant modeling of data from self, parent/guardian, and teacher/staff reports, we observed that childhood and adolescent violent media preferences contributed significantly to the prediction of violence and general aggression from cumulative risk totals. Findings represent a new and important direction for research on the role of violent media use in the broader matrix of risk factors for youth violence. KeywordsMedia; Violence; Delinquent; Aggression; Risk Correspondence to: Paul Boxer, pboxer@rutgers.edu. HHS Public Access Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptAuthor Manuscript Author ManuscriptOn June 24, 2008, six teenagers from Long Island, NY, launched a two hour long crime spree in which they committed a violent mugging and several break-ins and thefts before finally being caught after a carjacking attempt (Crowley 2008). According to the authorities investigating the crimes, the teenagers had determined to replicate the actions of Niko Belic, the thuggish protagonist from the new video game "Grand Theft Auto IV." Although this particular event represents an extreme example of how violence in the media can promote violence in "real life," it is wholly consistent with the fact that for decades, exposure to violent media has been acknowledged as a risk factor for aggressive and violent behavior (Anderson et al. 2003; US Surgeon General 1972).Broadly speaking, antisocial behavior in adolescence is multiply determined, with risk factors at multiple levels spanning biological, psychological, and contextual influences (Dodge et al. 2006;Frick 2006;Hoge Guerra and Boxer 2008;Huesmann and Eron 1989). Theoretical models of the development of antisocial behavior have embraced this equifinality, acknowledging the numerous ways in which different loci of risk can interact to promote habitual antisocial responses (Dodge and Pettit 2003;Frick and Morris 2004;Guerra and Huesmann 2004). Contemporary strategies for the assessment of youths' violent and nonviolent antisocial behavior involve multiple methods and multiple informants to ensure that the full spectrum of risk is covered (Borum and Verhaagen 2006;McMahon and Frick 2005). Best practice approaches to the treatment of antisocial behavior require multicomponent interventions involving the interlocking personal and contextual s...

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“…En cuanto al sexo, los datos hallados en este estudio indicaron la ausencia de un efecto significativo en el grupo comórbido, confirmando de nuevo nuestra hipótesis previa. Estos resultados son consistentes con los hallados por Knox y colaboradores (2000) en población clí-nica, revelando que una patología comórbida como la depresiva-agresiva en niños y adolescentes de población normal, hace de saparecer las diferencias esperables que el sexo modula en la expresión de la agresión y la depresión (Bruce et al, 2006;Canals, Doménech-Llaberia, Fernández-Ballart & Martí-Henneberg, 2002;Keenan & Hipwell, 2005;Knox et al, 2000;Ortega & Monks, 2005).…”

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“…Cabe mencionar en primer lugar, la ausencia de padres y maestros como informantes, aunque distintos autores han señalado que los autoinformes sobre la conducta agresiva (Caprara & Pastorelli, 1993;Knox et al, 2000), así como depresiva (Achenbach, 2008;Achenbach, Magrab & Wohlford, 1990;Achenbach & Maruish, 1999) ofrece totales garantías psicométricas para establecer inferencias a través de la información proporcionada. Igualmente, los análisis realizados se han obtenido sobre medidas dimensionales de la sintomatología depresiva y agresiva, por lo que tales resultados pudieran no ser totalmente coincidentes cuando dichas medidas se obtengan categórica-mente.…”

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Análisis longitudinal de la comorbilidad entre depresión y agresión: Cronicidad y severidad en sujetos de 11 a 13 años

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Barrio

Ortíz

2012

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RESUMENLa comorbilidad entre depresión y agresión infanto-adolescente ha sido contrastada básica-mente a un nivel estadístico. Sin embargo, pocos estudios han comprobado de manera longitudinal otra de las premisas fundamentales que permite establecer la comorbilidad: la sinergia, es decir, la acción conjunta de dos o más trastornos que se traduce en una severidad y cronicidad superior a las generadas por la suma de los efectos individuales. Mediante un diseño longitudinal a lo largo de 3 años se examinó la severidad y cronicidad de un grupo de sujetos comórbidos depresivos -agresivos. Se analizaron los niveles de depresión y agresión, así como el papel del sexo en estas relaciones. La evaluación se realizó a través de autoinformes en una muestra de 525 sujetos de edades comprendidas entre los 11 y 13 años. La muestra fue aleatoriamente seleccionada de diferentes colegios de la Comunidad de Madrid (España). Los resultados muestran que la depresión y agresión se relacionan de manera estadísticamente significativa. Los sujetos comór-bidos exhiben una cronicidad de ma yor duración en las respuestas agresivas que en las depresivas.La severidad en los sujetos comórbidos es mayor en las respuestas agresivas de tipo total y verbal, así como en las depresivas. El sexo no ejerce ningún efecto significativo. Se concluye que los datos indican la importancia de explorar la comorbilidad con diferentes tipos de agresión, especialmente la verbal, y en diferentes gru pos de edad. Se discute la necesidad de atender a los síntomas subyacentes al trastorno principal en afectados de larga duración, ya que a la expresión de uno de los trastornos puede subyacer la cronicidad asociada a la comorbilidad con importantes repercusiones para su diagnós-tico y tratamiento.Palabras clave: Comorbilidad; Depresión; Agresión física y verbal; Infantil; Adolescente. ABSTRACTThe comorbidity between depression and aggression in children and adolescents is an issue that has sparked controversy as its existence has important implications for the validity of the classification systems, for the establishment of

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Aggressive Behavior in Clinically Depressed Adolescents

Cited by 89 publications

References 40 publications

Does controlling for comorbidity matter? DSM‐oriented scales and violent offending in chicago youth

Does controlling for comorbidity matter? DSM‐oriented scales and violent offending in chicago youth

The Role of Violent Media Preference in Cumulative Developmental Risk for Violence and General Aggression

Análisis longitudinal de la comorbilidad entre depresión y agresión: Cronicidad y severidad en sujetos de 11 a 13 años

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