Geller J L, Bertsch G
Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Apr;142(4):464-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.142.4.464.
Review of the records of 191 nongeriatric state hospital inpatients showed that 50 (26%) of the patients had engaged in some form of fire-setting behavior; half of this group had engaged in a single episode. As a group, persons who had engaged in fire-setting behavior were significantly more likely to have a history of nonlethal self-injurious behavior and had a significantly greater number of admissions to the state hospital. The data suggest that fire setting by any patient cannot be accurately predicted and that fire-setting behavior may be an example of destructive operant behavior.
对191名非老年州立医院住院患者的记录进行回顾发现，50名（26%）患者曾有某种形式的纵火行为；该组中有一半患者仅实施过一次纵火行为。总体而言，有纵火行为的患者更有可能有非致命性自我伤害行为史，且入住州立医院的次数显著更多。数据表明，无法准确预测任何患者是否会纵火，纵火行为可能是一种破坏性操作性行为的实例。
