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Aggression and Epilepsy: Seizure‐Type Comparisons and High‐Risk Variables
Author(s) -
Hermann Bruce P.,
Schwartz Mark S.,
Whitman Steven,
Karnes William E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1980.tb04322.x
Subject(s) - aggression , epilepsy , psychology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , temporal lobe , personality , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology
Summary: One hundred fifty‐three patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and 79 patients with generalized epilepsy were compared on a measure of aggression (derived from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory). Analysis of covariance indicated that seizure type was not related to aggression. Multiple‐regression analyses for each seizure group indicated that in temporal lobe epilepsy the chronologic age was inversely correlated with aggression scores. In the group with generalized epilepsy, chronologic age and myoclonic seizures were inversely correlated with aggression, while akinetic seizures were directly associated with increased aggression.