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Maladaptive antisocial aggressive behavior and outlets for intimacy
Author(s) -
Anchor Kenneth N.,
Sandler Howard M.,
Cherones Jacquelinge H.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197710)33:4<947::aid-jclp2270330405>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - psychology , aggression , antisocial personality disorder , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medical emergency , medicine
Psychotherapy research literature suggests that maladjustment and self disclosure patterns are related. Male psychiatric patients (23‐37 years) were selected according to a stratified random sampling procedure with conditions for S s: (a) who actually have engaged in maladaptive antisocial aggression ( N = 41); (b) who exhibited aggressive impulses, urges, or fantaies ( N = 111); and (c) who served as patient ( N = 105) and non‐patient ( N = 137) controls. Results of this study supported the prediction that those patients who actually engaged in maladaptive antisocial aggression employed fewer outlets for self‐disclosure than any of the other patient or non‐patient grouings. Clinical implications that concerned the actual range of an individual's outlets for intimacy as predictive of maladaptive antisocial aggression in male adults were discussed.