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Female patients who assault in the hospital
Author(s) -
Felthous Alan R.,
Coyne Lolafaye
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370010211
Subject(s) - medicine , injury prevention , poison control , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , psychiatry , medical emergency , pathology
This pilot study investigates factors associated with assaultive behavior in hospitalized female patients. Eight patients who assaulted were compared with 11 patients who did not. Associated with the assaultive sample were prior assaults, a time span from first to last assault of over one year and destruction of property. Behavioral items significantly associated with assault included a history of breaking glass objects, a history of breaking window panes and a history of frequent physical assaults between 10 and 18 years of age. No relationship between organic findings suggestive of CNS dysfunction and assaultiveness was found.