The Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2009 Sep;38(5):661-71. doi: 10.1080/15374410903103494.
Previous studies of the relationship between anger, anger expression, and suicidal behavior have been largely cross-sectional and have yielded mixed findings. In a prospective, naturalistic study, we examined how trait anger and anger expression influenced the likelihood of suicide attempts among 180 adolescents followed for up to 13.3 years after discharge from an inpatient psychiatry unit. Results showed that higher trait anger and anger expressed outwardly over the follow-up was related to increased likelihood of suicide attempts among boys. For girls, trait anger and both the inward and outward expression of anger moderated the risk for suicide attempts associated with major depression. These results are interpreted in light of theory regarding behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition systems.
先前关于愤怒、愤怒表达与自杀行为之间关系的研究大多为横断面研究,研究结果存在差异。在一项前瞻性、自然主义的研究中,我们考察了特质愤怒和愤怒表达如何影响 180 名青少年在从精神病住院部出院后的 13.3 年随访期间自杀企图的可能性。结果表明,在随访过程中,特质愤怒和愤怒的外向表达越高,男孩自杀企图的可能性越大。对于女孩,特质愤怒以及愤怒的内隐和外显表达调节了与重度抑郁症相关的自杀企图风险。这些结果是根据关于行为激活和行为抑制系统的理论进行解释的。