Unit:
Κατεύθυνση ΨυχιατροδικαστικήLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Supervisors info:
Μαρίνα Οικονόμου, Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ, Επιβλέπουσα
Αθανάσιος Δουζένης, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή , ΕΚΠΑ
Ιωάννης Μιχόπουλος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η επιθετικότητα σε διαταραχές προσωπικότητας Cluster-B. Ο ρόλος της αυτοεκτίμησης και του αυστοστιγματισμού
Translated title:
Aggression in Cluster-B personality disorders. The role of self-esteem and self-stigma
Summary:
Aggression and its association with Cluster-B personality disorders are increasingly attracting the interest of the scientific community, and particularly the field of
forensic psychiatry. The complexity of the factors associated with aggression is
great and in recent years its relationship to patients’ self-image has become
increasingly interesting. Until today, contradictory findings have been reported
regarding the association between self-esteem and aggression, and few studies
have explored this relationship in patients with Cluster-B personality disorder.
Moreover, the internalization of stigma of mental illness, i.e. the self-stigma of these
people, has been studied in a limited number of studies and its relationship with
aggression in patients with Cluster-B personality disorder remains unexplored. In
the present study, potential differences between levels of self-esteem and
aggression were investigated in patients with Cluster-B personality disorder and in
individuals without this diagnosis. In addition, the relationship between self-esteem
and self-stigma with aggression in the specific group of patients was investigated,
as well as the impact of demographic factors of gender and education on selfesteem, self-stigma and aggression. In the current study, a sample of 30 patients
diagnosed with a Cluster-B personality disorder were recruited from the Department
of Personality Disorders of the 1st Psychiatric Clinic of Aeginitio Hospital. Also, a
control group of 30 people participated in the research. For the measurement of
self-esteem, self-stigma and aggression, the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale
(RSES), the Ιnternalised Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMIS) and the Hostility
and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire (HDHQ) were used. The results showed no
evidence indicating differences of self-esteem, aggression and self-stigma from sex
and education factors, and that there was evidence that patients with Cluster-B
personality disorder had statistically significantly higher mean aggression and
statistically significantly lower self-esteem in relation to general population.
Additionally, there is evidence of a strong negative association of self-esteem with
aggression, which associates high aggression with low levels of self-esteem. There
is a need to further investigate the relationship between self-stigma and aggression.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Aggression, Aggressiveness, Hostility, Self-esteem, Self-stigma, Internalised stigma, Cluster-B, Personality disorders, Narcissistic, Borderline, Antisocial
Number of references:
143
