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Nailbiting and oral aggression in a Turkish student population
Author(s) -
Gilleard Esen,
Eskin Mehmet,
Savaşir Buĝda
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1988.tb02779.x
Subject(s) - hostility , aggression , psychology , turkish , personality , anxiety , trait , trait anxiety , population , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , computer science , programming language
The study investigated the relationship between the occurrence and intensity of nailbiting in a Turkish student population and the association with questionnaire measures of oral aggression, trait anxiety and intropunitive and extrapunitive hostility. The results indicated that the most consistent trait associated with nailbiting was oral aggression. Taken together with other previous research these findings are thought to offer some support to the construct of oral personality.