@article{ref1,
title=""Acting out" and "acting in" as behavioral responses to stress: a qualitative and quantitative study",
journal="Journal of personality disorders",
year="1998",
author="Parker, G. and Roy, K. and Wilhelm, K. and Austin, M. P. and Mitchell, Paul and Hadzi-Pavlovic, D.",
volume="12",
number="4",
pages="338-350",
abstract="In a sample of 270 depressed patients, we describe some behaviors in response to stress. One third acknowledged &quot;acting out&quot; behaviors--angry, destructive acts and &quot;out of control&quot; behaviors. Four fifths acknowledged &quot;acting in&quot; 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 &quot;acting out&quot; and &quot;acting in&quot; scores demonstrated differences in age, diagnostic status, age of onset of depression, and self-injurious behaviors.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-579X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}