@article{ref1,
title="Temperament and character in violent schizophrenic patients",
journal="Schizophrenia Research",
year="2007",
author="Fresan, A. and Apiquian, R. and Nicolini, H. and Cervantes, J. J.",
volume="94",
number="1-3",
pages="74-80",
abstract="Preliminary evidence shows that personality traits are important in determining violent behavior in schizophrenia. As only some patients with schizophrenia show a greater risk for violence, this risk may therefore be considered as dynamic, varying as a function of the extent to which certain personality dimensions are present and the degree to which environmental events moderate or exacerbate their expression. OBJECTIVE: To compare temperament and character dimensions between violent and non-violent schizophrenic patients and to determine which temperament and character dimensions are predictors of violent behavior in schizophrenia. METHOD: We recruited 102 schizophrenic patients without concomitant substance abuse 4 months prior to the assessment. Diagnoses were based on the SCID-I. Personality dimensions were assessed with the Temperament and Character Inventory and violent behaviors with the Overt Aggression Scale. RESULTS: Higher levels of the temperament dimension novelty seeking and a lower cooperativeness, as a character dimension, were risk factors for violent behavior in schizophrenic patients. DISCUSSION: Our data indicate that schizophrenic patients will show a greater risk for violence according to certain personality configurations and the degree to which environmental events moderate or exacerbate their expression.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0920-9964",
doi="10.1016/j.schres.2007.04.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2007.04.005"
}