Citation

Parker G, Roy K, Wilhelm K, Austin MP, Mitchell P, Hadzi-Pavlovic D. J. Personal. Disord. 1998; 12(4): 338-350.

Affiliation

School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Guilford Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9891288

Abstract

In a sample of 270 depressed patients, we describe some behaviors in response to stress. One third acknowledged "acting out" behaviors--angry, destructive acts and "out of control" behaviors. Four fifths acknowledged "acting in" behaviors--most commonly withdrawal. As a percentage of subjects acknowledged both response styles (with alternate expression influenced by situation), we developed a dimensional self-report measure within a subsample of 177 who attended a follow-up reassessment. Assignment to four groups with contrasting expressions of "acting out" and "acting in" scores demonstrated differences in age, diagnostic status, age of onset of depression, and self-injurious behaviors.

Language: en