The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patients

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Autor(a) principal: Alves-Ferreira, Domingos
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Costa, Eleonora, Santos, Jorge
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34940
Resumo: Objective: The objectives of this study were to ascertaining whether sleeping problems affect aggression levels in adult offenders undergoing inpatient psychiatric treatment and exploring the phenomenon in terms of differences in gender, crime severity, and psychopathology. Methods: We used a sample of 70 adult male and female offenders, inpatients of a forensic psychiatry hospital, to whom we applied the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), which evaluates the subjective sleep quality, latency, duration, habitual subjective sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication, and impairing daytime sleepiness in the preceding 30 days, and the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), which measures physical and verbal aggressiveness, hostility, and anger. Results: A positive correlation between sleep quality and level of aggression was found (r =.254, p <.05; r2=.065). There were no significant correlation between sleep quality and crime severity (X2 = 1,984, p =.371). When controlled by gender, women showed significantly worse sleep quality than men (Z = 2,243, p =.025) but no significant difference in aggression level (Z = -1,806, p =.071). There were no significant difference in either sleep quality or aggression level among individuals diagnosed with different kinds of psychopathology (X2 = 4,366, p =.359) (X2 = 2,248, p =.690). Conclusion: The results show a relationship between sleep quality and aggression level, but the relationship is correlated to neither crime severity nor psychopathology.
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spelling The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patientsA relação entre a qualidade do sono, a psicopatologia, o gênero e a gravidade do comportamento agressivo entre pacientes psiquiátricosAggressionCrimeGenderPsychopathologySleepAgressãoPsicopatologiaSexoSonoObjective: The objectives of this study were to ascertaining whether sleeping problems affect aggression levels in adult offenders undergoing inpatient psychiatric treatment and exploring the phenomenon in terms of differences in gender, crime severity, and psychopathology. Methods: We used a sample of 70 adult male and female offenders, inpatients of a forensic psychiatry hospital, to whom we applied the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), which evaluates the subjective sleep quality, latency, duration, habitual subjective sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication, and impairing daytime sleepiness in the preceding 30 days, and the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), which measures physical and verbal aggressiveness, hostility, and anger. Results: A positive correlation between sleep quality and level of aggression was found (r =.254, p <.05; r2=.065). There were no significant correlation between sleep quality and crime severity (X2 = 1,984, p =.371). When controlled by gender, women showed significantly worse sleep quality than men (Z = 2,243, p =.025) but no significant difference in aggression level (Z = -1,806, p =.071). There were no significant difference in either sleep quality or aggression level among individuals diagnosed with different kinds of psychopathology (X2 = 4,366, p =.359) (X2 = 2,248, p =.690). Conclusion: The results show a relationship between sleep quality and aggression level, but the relationship is correlated to neither crime severity nor psychopathology.OBJETIVOS: Os objetivos deste estudo foram verificar se os problemas de sono afetam os níveis de agressividade em criminosos adultos sob tratamento psiquiátrico e explorar o fenômeno em termos de diferenças de sexo, gravidade do crime e psicopatologia. MÉTODO: Utilizamos uma amostra de 70 ofensores adultos de ambos os sexos, pacientes num hospital psiquiátrico, a quem aplicamos o Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), que avalia a qualidade subjetiva do sono, a latência, duração, eficiência subjetiva habitual do sono, a utilização de medicação para dormir e a sonolência diurna nos 30 dias anteriores, e o Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), que mede a agressividade física e verbal, a hostilidade e a raiva. RESULTADOS: Foi encontrada correlação positiva entre a qualidade do sono e os níveis de agressividade (r = .254, p < .05; r2= .065). Não existiu correlação significativa entre a qualidade do sono e a gravidade do crime (X2 = 1,984, p = .371). Quando se controlou o gênero, as mulheres apresentaram uma significativa menor qualidade do sono do que os homens (Z =- 2,243, p = .025), mas não demonstraram diferenças significativas no nível de agressividade (Z = -1,806, p = .071). Não houve diferenças significativas quer na qualidade do sono quer nos níveis de agressividade entre indivíduos diagnosticados com diferentes tipos de psicopatologia (X2 = 4,366, p =.359) (X2 = 2,248, p = .690).CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados mostram uma relação entre a qualidade do sono e os níveis de agressividade, mas essa relação não está relacionada com a severidade do crime, nem com a psicopatologia.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaAlves-Ferreira, DomingosCosta, EleonoraSantos, Jorge2021-09-16T14:16:26Z20122012-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34940eng1984-065984892965716info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:40:27Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/34940Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:28:20.009657Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patients
A relação entre a qualidade do sono, a psicopatologia, o gênero e a gravidade do comportamento agressivo entre pacientes psiquiátricos
title The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patients
spellingShingle The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patients
Alves-Ferreira, Domingos
Aggression
Crime
Gender
Psychopathology
Sleep
Agressão
Psicopatologia
Sexo
Sono
title_short The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patients
title_full The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patients
title_fullStr The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patients
title_full_unstemmed The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patients
title_sort The relation between sleep quality, psychopathology, gender, and severity of aggressive behavior among psychiatric patients
author Alves-Ferreira, Domingos
author_facet Alves-Ferreira, Domingos
Costa, Eleonora
Santos, Jorge
author_role author
author2 Costa, Eleonora
Santos, Jorge
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Alves-Ferreira, Domingos
Costa, Eleonora
Santos, Jorge
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Aggression
Crime
Gender
Psychopathology
Sleep
Agressão
Psicopatologia
Sexo
Sono
topic Aggression
Crime
Gender
Psychopathology
Sleep
Agressão
Psicopatologia
Sexo
Sono
description Objective: The objectives of this study were to ascertaining whether sleeping problems affect aggression levels in adult offenders undergoing inpatient psychiatric treatment and exploring the phenomenon in terms of differences in gender, crime severity, and psychopathology. Methods: We used a sample of 70 adult male and female offenders, inpatients of a forensic psychiatry hospital, to whom we applied the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), which evaluates the subjective sleep quality, latency, duration, habitual subjective sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication, and impairing daytime sleepiness in the preceding 30 days, and the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), which measures physical and verbal aggressiveness, hostility, and anger. Results: A positive correlation between sleep quality and level of aggression was found (r =.254, p <.05; r2=.065). There were no significant correlation between sleep quality and crime severity (X2 = 1,984, p =.371). When controlled by gender, women showed significantly worse sleep quality than men (Z = 2,243, p =.025) but no significant difference in aggression level (Z = -1,806, p =.071). There were no significant difference in either sleep quality or aggression level among individuals diagnosed with different kinds of psychopathology (X2 = 4,366, p =.359) (X2 = 2,248, p =.690). Conclusion: The results show a relationship between sleep quality and aggression level, but the relationship is correlated to neither crime severity nor psychopathology.
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