@article{ref1,
title="Ethnic minorities and aggressive behaviour in psychiatric in-patients: an investigation using a "Matched-Pair" design",
journal="Psychiatrische Praxis",
year="2004",
author="Grube, Michael",
volume="31",
number="1",
pages="11-15",
abstract="In a group of 105 mentally ill immigrants we investigated the intensity and the frequency of aggressive behaviour at the time of admission with the help of two standardized instruments: the &quot;Social Dysfunction and Aggression Scale&quot; (SDAS) and the &quot;Modified Overt Aggression Scale&quot; (MOAS). As many as possible collateral informants were contacted to gather all information available for the aggressiveness rating. The immigrant group was compared to a matched group of German patients. 416 German patients had to be investigated until 105 of them fulfilled the matching criteria. The matching variables were: age, gender, diagnosis (ICD-10), severity of mental illness (CGI) and social status. The physicians who carried out the matching process and who carried out the aggression-rating were &quot;blind&quot; to the aim of the investigation. We found out that there was no significant difference between immigrants and German patients when the sum-scores of the SDAS and the MOAS are compared (N = 210). When SDAS single variables were compared German patients had a higher severity and frequency of &quot;physical violence towards other persons&quot;. We interpreted this finding as an increased level of disinhibition which may be correlated to a higher acceptance of aggressive behaviour in German culture compared to normative beliefs of Mediterranean immigrants.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0303-4259",
doi="10.1055/s-2003-812566",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2003-812566"
}