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KMID : 0605720090150020148
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Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2009 Volume.15 No. 2 p.148 ~ p.154
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Anger Experience in Psychiatric Outpatients with Depressive Disorders
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Ahn Byoung-Hoon
Chee Ik-Seung
Wang Seung-Keun
Hong Joo-Bong
Park Kwon-Soo
Kim Young-Lan
Kim Jeong-Lan
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the degree and type of anger experienced by patients with depressive disorders and to determine which type of anger is correlated with symptom severity.
Methods: One hundred-six psychiatric outpatients with depressive disorders and ninety normal control subjects completed the Korean version of Aggression Questionnaire(AQ) and Korean version of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS). Comparison between two groups was conducted to evaluate which type of anger are prominent in the depressed group. Therefore, correlation and partial correlation between the scores of 4 subscales(Anger, Hostility, Verbal aggression, and Physical aggression) of AQ and the scores of 3 subscales(Depression, Anxiety, and Stress) of DASS were assessed. A multiple regression analysis was performed to determine which type of anger predicted symptom severity.
Results: Total AQ score, hostility, anger and physical aggression scores were significantly higher in patients with depressive disorders. After the score of Stress and Anxiety subscale of DASS were controlled; the depression score was significantly correlated with total AQ score, physical aggression and hostility score. The Hostility score was a major predictor of the depressive symptom severity. In addition, the Anger score was a major predictor of the anxiety and stress symptom severity.
Conclusion: Anger is frequently found symptom in patients with depressive disorders. Therefore, it is important that clinicians routinely evaluate the degree and type of anger in patients with depressive disorders.
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KEYWORD
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Depressive disorder, Anger, Hostility, Aggression
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