TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Gender differences in aggressiveness in children and adolescents at risk for schizophrenia
JO  - Revista brasileira de psiquiatria
A1  - Gutt, Elisa Kijner
A1  - Petresco, Sandra
A1  - Krelling, Renata
A1  - Busatto, Geraldo F.
A1  - Bordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos
A1  - Lotufo-Neto, Francisco
SP  - 110
EP  - 117
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate whether differences in aggression-related behavioral problems occur between boys and girls at high risk for schizophrenia living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. METHOD: Using the Child Behavior Checklist, we compared the prevalence of behavioral problems between genders for the offspring (6-18 years) of mothers with diagnosis of schizophrenia and a comparison group of children born to women with no severe mental disorders recruited at the gynecology outpatient clinic of the same hospital. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders, Patient Edition was applied for the evaluation of diagnostic status of mothers. RESULTS: Male children of women with schizophrenia had a lower prevalence of aggressive behavior compared to females (4% vs. 36%; p = 0.005), whereas no gender differences regarding aggression were detected in the comparison group (24% vs. 32%; p = 0.53). Logistic regression analyses showed that male gender and being a child of women with schizophrenia interacted so as to favor lower prevalence of aggressive behavior (p = 0.03). CONCLUSION: These findings reinforce the notion that behavioral gender differences related to schizophrenia are already detectable in childhood.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1516-4446
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -