Weiss B, Catron T
Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Nashville, Tennessee 37203.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1994 Jun;22(3):389-401. doi: 10.1007/BF02168081.
A number of investigations have reported that depressive and aggressive behavior are correlated in children. However, this relation actually may represent an association between the more broadband constructs of internalizing and externalizing problems. Three hundred fifty third through sixth graders and their teachers completed measures assessing aggression, anxiety, hyperactivity, and depression. Results of a second-order confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the relation between aggression and depression in fact may represent a more broadband relation between externalizing and internalizing problems. These findings may have implications for understanding of the causal processes underlying the relation between aggression and depression in children, and more generally, for our conceptualization of the nature of the comorbidity of depression and aggression.
多项调查表明，儿童的抑郁行为与攻击性行为之间存在关联。然而，这种关系实际上可能代表了内化问题和外化问题这两个更宽泛概念之间的联系。350名三年级至六年级的学生及其教师完成了评估攻击行为、焦虑、多动和抑郁的测评。二阶验证性因素分析结果表明，攻击行为与抑郁之间的关系实际上可能代表了外化问题和内化问题之间更宽泛的联系。这些发现可能有助于理解儿童攻击行为与抑郁之间关系背后的因果过程，更广泛地说，有助于我们对抑郁与攻击行为共病本质的概念化理解。
