PO-0865 The Aggression And Self- Injury Behaviours In Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Background and aims Adolescents tend to have risky behaviours like aggression and self-injury due to the age period charateristics. The risk of aggression and self-injury may increase in adolescents with the addition of chronic diseases. This study was conducted descriptively to determine and compare the aggression and self- injury in those with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and healhty adolescents. Methods The study sample consisted of 60 adolescents with T1DM followed up in the child endocrinology polyclinic of a university hospital and 319 healthy adolescents,15–18 aged, at 9th-12th grade at high school. In the study, the permission of the institution, Ethical Committee, the parent and adolescent consent, the data were collected using a questionnaire form, Agression Questionnaire (AQ) and Inventory of Statements About Self-injury (ISAS). The descriptive statistics, Shapiro-Wilk, Mann-Whitney U, student t, Ki-kare, Spearman correlation tests were used for analysing data. Results The mean scores of AQ all subscales and the total scale of healthy adolescents were higher than adolescents with T1DM (p 0.05). The mean scores of autonomic function, social function and ISAS were positively moderately correlated with the mean scores of total aggression in both healthy and diabetic adolescents (p < 0.05). Conclusions Considering the age period characteristics, giving weight to sport (especially team sports), social and cultural activities and education about anger-stress management and effective communication skill to adolescents and their families in school may be recommended.