Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory Research Articles

Students Achievement Strategies, Ego Strength, Hostility and the Role of Perceived Parenting on School Environment

School environment is associated with ego strength and hostility, while perceived parenting modifies the relationship between ego strength and hostility. School Connectedness Scale, The Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire, The Parental Bonding Inventory, Barron’s Ego Strength Scale, and The Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory were used for assessing school environment, students' achievement strategies, perceived parenting, ego strength, and hostility. A structural equational model was administered to investigate the mediation effect of perceived parenting. The findings indicated that school environment was significantly associated with ego strength B = 0.28, p< 0.001, and hostility B = 0.34, p< 0.001. Perceived parenting mediates the relationship between ego strength B = 0.375, p< 0.001, and hostility B = 0.136, p< 0.05. Perceived parenting plays a crucial role in student achievement strategies and developing an impactful ego strength and helps reduce hostile behaviors while positive parenting modifies the association of ego strength and hostility in the school environment.

Suicidal Behaviour and Stressful Life Events: The Mediating Role of the Impulsivity-Aggression-Hostility Triad Through Psychological Autopsy.

Stressful life events (SLEs), impulsivity, aggression, and hostility are known risk factors for suicide. The existence of an "I-A-H Triad" (composed of impulsiveness, aggressiveness and hostility) is proposed as a mediating factor between SLEs and suicide. Data on 399 deceased people (274 from suicide, 125 from other causes) were collected through psychological autopsy. The Paul Ramsey Life Experience Scale (to collect SLE history), the Barrat Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11) and the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) were applied, using versions adapted for psychological autopsy. Comparative analysis of the two groups showed significant differences in the variables of interest (SLE: = 7.280; BDHI: = 4.201; BIS-11: = 3.812; I-A-H Triad: = 4.84). Mediation analysis confirmed the role of the I-A-H Triad in mediation of the presence of SLEs and the type of death. High levels of impulsivity, aggression, and hostility increase the risk of suicide when a person is faced with SLEs.

Особенности психосоциальной адаптации комбатантов в условиях мирной жизни в зависимости от профиля их профессиональной деятельности

Abstract. To identify the features of psychosocial adaptation of combatants in peacetime conditions depending on the profile of their professional activity, we surveyed 105 participants of combat actions, with an average age of 33.3 ± 3.9 years and a service experience of 4.7 ± 1.8 years. All surveyed combatants were divided into two groups based on their professional characteristics: the 1st group consisted of 50 employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, performing tasks related to maintaining order and public safety in front-line territories, and the 2nd group comprised 55 servicemen of the National Guard of Russia who directly participated in combat actions. Questionnaires and psychological tests were conducted using the Trauma Screening Questionnaire and the Buss–Durkee Hostility Inventory. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using SPSS 20 software, and Pearson’s chi-squared test, Student’s t-test, and Pearson's correlation analysis were applied to determine intergroup differences. There are certain differences in the features of psychosocial adaptation between employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and servicemen of the National Guard of Russia: the use of the Internet to relieve emotional tension, reactions to alcohol, and the presence of rigidity in character. At the same time, interpersonal communication and psychoemotional state did not differ among combatants performing combat tasks and ensuring public order in front-line territories, which may indicate a similar influence of traumatic military stress on the psychological state of participants of both groups, regardless of professional activity.

Psychological and genetic characteristics and strategies of students’ digital behavior in the context of the formation of the digital ecosystem

The objective of our study was to investigate the attributes of the cognitive, affective, and value-semantic domains, along with genetic predictors, that influence the digital behavior of young individuals. The study involved 91 people (33 males and 58 females) aged 18 to 25 years (Russian Federation). In order to measure digital behavior the questioner “Strategies of informational behavior” (SIP) was used. In order to study the cognitive, affective and value-semantic characteristics, the following tests were used: the Test of Life-Sense Orientations, the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, the Gottschaldt Figures Test (a measure of embedded figures perception), and a method for assessing thinking style. Genotyping was use to examine polymorphisms of the COMT, DRD2, and BDNF genes. Our findings demonstrate statistically significant associations between constructive and destructive digital behaviors and specific facets of the participants’ cognitive, affective, and value-semantic domains, as well as distinct aspects of dopaminergic system functionality.

Gender Features of Ressentiment among University Students

Introduction. The relevance of the topic relies on the fact that until now, within the Russian psychological discourse, the problem of gender characteristics of university students’ resentment did not have an autonomous status. The problem of ressentiment in the student environment is poorly developed both at the theoretical and empirical levels. The researchers usually confine themselves to analyzing its individual components (aggression, revenge, resentment, jealousy and envy) and without précising the gender specification of their severity. The purpose of the article is a theoretical and empirical study of the ressentiment constructs characteristic for university students: resentment, revenge, envy, jealousy and aggression, as well as fixing the degree of their manifestation and relationship in the gender projection. Materials and Methods. The empirical part of the article demonstrates the results of a study on measuring the declared constructs of ressentiment among university students (aggression, revenge, resentment, jealousy and envy) using the following standardized methods: “Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI)” (A. Bass, A. Durkee), “Scales of resentment and vindictiveness” (E. P. Ilyin, P. A. Kovalev), “Multidimensional scale of jealousy” (S. Pfeiffer, P. Wong) and “Methodology for the study of personality envy” (T. V. Beskova). Diagnostic procedures covered 93 people. The questionnaire “Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI)” involves the definition of aggression through the following scales: physical aggression, indirect aggression, irritation and verbal aggression. Results. Based on the results of an empirical study, the presence of gender characteristics of ressentiment in university students was revealed by fixing differences in the manifestation of the declared constructs: aggression, revenge, resentment, jealousy and envy. It has been established that the dominant constructs of ressentiment among male students are revenge and aggression; while for female students are resentment, jealousy and envy. Ressentiment among students is ambiguous. On the one hand, it has a detrimental effect on the spiritual dimension of the personality and its creative development; on the other hand, it plays the role of a psychological defense mechanism for the individual. Discussion and Conclusion. The data obtained contribute to the development of scientific ideas about the ressentiment determination in the student environment and the gender characteristics of its manifestation, enrich the psychological and pedagogical knowledge with the methodology for identifying the functional constructs of ressentiment as a destructive form of protecting an individual in an alienated reality. The materials of the article can be useful to specialists in the field of social psychology, preventive pedagogy, deviantology, genderology, enriching them with an understanding of the mechanisms of formation of resentment and gender specificity of its manifestation in the student environment.

The validity of the BDHI translated into Papiamento in pre-trial defendants in Curaçao

The Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) is an important assessment scale of hostility in forensic psychiatry. We analyzed the validity and reliability of a Papiamento translation of the BDHI in 134 pre-trial defendants in Curaçao using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM). The reliability of the Direct and Indirect Hostility BHDI-P subscales were good and the reliability of the Social Desirability poor. There was a negative correlation between Direct Hostility and Agreeableness and a positive correlation between Indirect Hostility and Anxiety. We conclude that the BDHI-P has an acceptable measurement quality when used in defendants.

Attention, response inhibition, impulsivity, and decision-making within luteal phase in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Cognitive impairment is a key feature of depressive disorder. Various forms of cognitive function have yet to be investigated in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) during early luteal (EL) and late luteal (LL) phases. Therefore, we evaluated response inhibition and attention in PMDD in these two phases. We also examined the associations between cognitive functions, impulsivity, decision-making style, and irritability. There is a total of 63 female participants with PMDD and 53 controls, as determined through psychiatric diagnostic interviewing and a weekly symptoms checklist. The participants completed a Go/No-go task, Dickman's impulsivity inventory, Preference for Intuition and Deliberation scale, and the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory: Chinese Version-Short Form at the EL and LL phases. The women with PMDD had poorer attention in the Go trials at the LL phase and poorer response inhibition in the No-go trials at the EL and LL phases. Repeated measures analysis of variance revealed an LL exacerbation of deficit in attention among PMDD group. In addition, impulsivity negatively correlated with response inhibition at the LL phase. Preference for deliberation correlated with attention at the LL phase. Women with PMDD experienced LL declined attention and impaired response inhibition across the luteal phase. Response inhibition is linked to impulsivity. The deficit in attention links preference for deliberation among women with PMDD. These results reveal the different courses in different domains of cognitive impairment in PMDD. Further studies are required to elucidate the mechanism underlying cognitive dysfunction in PMDD.

DYNAMICS OF ADDICTIVE MANIFESTATIONS IN THE PROCESS OF GROWING UP IN ADOLESCENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The COVID-19 pandemic and related events have affected various areas ofsocial life. The natural processes of growing up and socialization of adolescents have also undergone a transformation. The consequences of this transformation will be observed for a long time to come. The article presents an empirical study conducted in 2 stages —before the official start of the pandemic in February 2019 and two years after its start in February 2022. The study involved 89 male respondents, students of a secondary voca-tional education institution. At the time of the first measurement, the average age of the participants was 17.21±0.51, and at the time of the second measurement —19.20±0.48. Diagnostics was carried out us-ing the following methods: Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, Suicide Risk Questionnaire modified by T.N.Razuvaeva, Unified Methodology for Socio-Psychological Testingdeveloped by D.V.Zhuravlev and A.V.Kiseleva. Statistical analysis included intragroup comparison (Student’s t-test, Wilcoxon’s T-test) before and after the onset of the pandemic. Data analysis showed conflicting results. There was found nogeneral trend toward a decrease or increase in addictive manifestations. Possible reasons for the patterns obtained were considered in terms of the mutual influence of the pandemic processes and the natural processes ofgrowing up, as well as in the context of social interaction features in this age period.

Using network analysis to explore the association between eating disorders symptoms and aggressiveness in Bulimia nervosa

Aggressive behaviors have been reported to be more frequent in people with eating disorders (ED), especially bulimia nervosa (BN). Network Analysis (NA) is particularly useful or examining the interactions among symptoms of comorbid conditions through the identification of “bridge symptoms,” defined as those symptoms playing a key role in the connection between two syndromic clusters. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of ED core symptoms and ED-related psychopathology with aggressiveness in a clinical sample of women with BN through NA. Two hundred and seventy-nine women with BN completed the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 and the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory. A NA was conducted, including ED symptoms and aggressiveness measures. The bridge function was implied to identify symptoms bridging ED symptoms and aggressiveness. The most connected nodes among communities were asceticism and impulsivity from ED-related psychopathology, drive for thinness from ED-core psychopathology and guilt and suspicion from aggressiveness domain. In particular, drive for thinness connected ED-core community to verbal hostility, while impulsivity connected ED-related symptoms to guilt and suspicion of aggressiveness community. In conclusion the present study showed that in people with BN guilt is the specific negative emotion of the hostile dimensions that may be bidirectionally associated with ED symptoms.

Evaluating the efficiency of pedagogical conditions for prevention of destructive conflicts among adolescents at a general-education organisation

Introduction. The contemporary reforms in the global community have resulted in increased level of conflict in a triad: between pedagogues and learners, between learners and their parents, between learners themselves in a small (training) group. The need to adapt to the new conditions of interaction often demonstrates adolescents’ weak readiness to build a constructive model of behaviour with others, their inadequate perception of educational impact. The above conditions define the importance of research into the problem of preventing conflicts among young people in the educational environment of modern school. The purpose of the article is to present general assessment of the current state of diagnosing and preventing destructive conflicts by pedagogues, with regard for the possibility of raising efficiency of significant pedagogical efforts in the school environment. Materials and methods. The study involved 512 adolescents – schoolchildren of 10th-11th years of study, 56 teachers, 512 parents of the adolescents. In the course of diagnostics the following questionnaires were used: Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, V. Gerbachevsky’s test; the methods by V. Boyko, M. Rokeach, O. Potemkina; Ch. Spielberger test; mathematical statistics methods: Pearson's statistical criterion χ2 (chi-squared test). Results. The research showed that, following the realisation of pedagogical conditions in the experimental group (hereinafter EG), the number of adolescents with high level of aggression initiating the individual’s conflictogenicity decreased, with simultaneous increase in the number of adolescents with low level of aggression. The statistically reliable decrease in EG was found for the scales “physical aggression”, “indirect aggression”, “verbal aggression”, “veiled violence”, “overt violence”, “justified negativism”, “negative personal experience”, that actualise destructive conflict. The calculation of Pearson's chi-squared statistical test χ2 showed reliability of differences in the scales under investigation with 95% credibility: χ2emp. > χ2crit 0.05. The situational and personal anxiety levels in EG adolescents stabilised, with predominant increase in the number of individuals demonstrating low level of above anxieties. The adolescents in the control group (hereafter CG) showed no significant changes for the explored scales, which makes it possible to assert the continuing threat of destructive conflicts. Conclusion. The identified and tested pedagogical conditions proved their efficiency in prevention of destructive conflicts among adolescents at a general-education organisation. The obtained results are of certain value and contribute to the development of pedagogical prevention of destructive conflicts among adolescents at a general-education organisation.

Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scans in patients with alcohol use disorder.

Diminished uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been observed in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) but little statistical contrast of the regional brain deficits has been undertaken. This study examined prefrontal cortex inter-regional Brodmann area differences to delineate patterns associated with behavioral, neurotransmitter, and general toxicity hypotheses of cerebral involvement in AUD. We obtained data from FDG positron emission tomography (PET) and anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for 87 patients with AUD and 41 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers. Patients were alcohol dependent and had negative breathalyzer tests at the time of imaging. They were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory, Alcohol Urge Questionnaire, Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale, Spielberger State/Trait Anxiety Scale, Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, and the Drinker Inventory of Consequences (DrInC). PET images were co-registered to MRI and both voxel×voxel statistical mapping and stereotaxic regions of interest were obtained. Compared with healthy volunteers, patients with AUD had lower relative metabolic rates in the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, localizable most prominently to the dorsolateral and nearly all orbital prefrontal cortex, superior temporal gyrus, and inferior parietal lobule. In contrast, metabolic rates in the medial orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate cortex, and the subcortical structures (thalamus, cerebellum, ventral striatum, and the dorsal raphe nucleus) in patients were significantly greater. The severity of alcohol-related consequences as assessed by the DrInC scale was most highly associated with lower metabolism in the caudate, dorsolateral prefrontal, frontopolar, and anteroposterior cingulate cortex. Despite widespread metabolic abnormalities, decreases in AUD were most marked in frontal executive areas, consistent with diminished impulse control, and increases were most prominent in the striatum and cingulate areas, consistent with a suppressed reward system.

Идентичность пациентов с рефлюксной болезнью в связи с агрессией

The study tested the hypothesis of difference of personality identity in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and healthy individuals and of association of difference with manifestations of aggressiveness. The sample of 75 subjects includes an experimental group of 45 patients, aged 21 to 38 years old (M=27.85, SD=3.21), with an established diagnosis of GERD, 66.7% men and 33.3% women. Control group of 30 normal individuals aged 21 to 32 years (М=26.90, SD=3.87), who do not have a history of GERD, 66.0% men and 40.0% women. The methodological complex includes: Method for the Study of Personal Identity Schneider (MILES); Questionnaire for Objective Measurement of Status Ego-Identity (adaption by Gavrilova, Glushak); ISTA (Tupitsyn et al.); the method “Types of aggressiveness” (Pochebut); Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory. The diffuse identity was revealed in 48.9% of patient group, the "moratorium" identity status was revealed in 20.0%, while achieved positive identity, premature identity, and pseudo-positive identity were found in 17.7%, 6.7%, and 6.7% of patients, accordingly. The "moratorium" identity status was revealed in 30.0% of normal group, while achieved positive identity, "moratorium" identity, and pseudo-positive identity were found in 26.6%, 23.3%, and 16.7% of patients, accordingly. Also, in GERD patients following connections with different aggression indicators were revealed depending on the identity status: the status of the adopted identity is directly related to the object aggression; the status of a moratorium related with the deficit aggression, the status of achieved identity related with the indirect aggression and guilt. Personal identity indicator corresponds to the status of accepted and diffuse identity. It was revealed that the lower state of personal identity indicator connected to the higher state of the irritation and hostility in patients. The control group did not reveal significant links between the indicators of identity and indicators of aggression.

Young age and the risk of violent behaviour in people with severe mental disorders: prospective, multicentre study

BackgroundDuring adolescence and young adulthood people appear to be more prone to violent behaviour. A greater tendency to violent behaviour appears to be associated with hyperactivity, impulsivity and low tolerance for frustration and provocation in social settings.AimsThis prospective cohort study aimed to evaluate rates of violent behaviour among young people with mental disorders, compared with older age groups.MethodA total of 340 individuals with severe mental disorders (125 living in residential facilities and 215 out-patients) were evaluated at baseline with the SCID-I and II, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Specific Level of Functioning scale, Brown–Goodwin Lifetime History of Aggression scale, Buss–Durkee Hostility Inventory, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale and State–Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2. Aggressive behaviour was rated every 15 days with the Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS).ResultsThe sample comprised 28 individuals aged 18–29 years, 202 aged 30–49 and 110 aged 50 and over. Younger age was associated with a personality disorder diagnosis, substance use disorder, being single and employed. These results were confirmed even controlling for the gender effect. The patterns of the cumulative MOAS mean scores showed that younger (18–29 years old) individuals were significantly more aggressive than older (≥50) ones (P< 0.001).ConclusionsThis study highlights how young age in people with severe mental disorders is correlated with higher levels of impulsivity, anger and hostility, confirming previous analyses. Our results may assist clinicians in implementing early interventions to improve anger and impulsivity control to reduce the risk of future aggressive behaviours.

Associations of NLRP3 and CARD8 gene polymorphisms with alcohol dependence and commonly related psychiatric disorders: a preliminary study.

We investigated two functional polymorphisms in NLRP3 inflammasome genes (NLRP3 rs35829419 and CARD8 rs2043211) and their association with alcohol dependence and related anxiety, depression, obsession-compulsion, or aggression in 88 hospitalised alcohol-dependent patients, 99 abstinent alcohol-dependent participants, and 94 controls, all male Caucasian. Alcohol dependence-related psychiatric disorders were assessed with the Zung Depression and Anxiety scale, Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Brief Social Phobia Scale, Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale, and Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. For genotyping we used the allele-specific quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based methods. The three groups differed significantly in CARD8 rs2043211 distribution (P=0.049; chi-squared=9.557; df=4). The NLPR3 rs35829419 polymorphism was not significantly associated with alcohol dependence. In hospitalised alcohol-dependent patients the investigated polymorphisms were not associated with scores indicating alcohol consumption or comorbid symptoms. In abstinent alcohol-dependent subjects homozygotes for the polymorphic CARD8 allele presented with the highest scores on the Zung Anxiety Scale (p=0.048; df=2; F=3.140). Among controls, CARD8 genotype was associated with high scores on the Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale (P=0.027; df=2; F=3.744). In conclusion, our results reveal that CARD8 rs2043211 may play some role in susceptibility to alcohol dependence, expression of anxiety symptoms in abstinent alcohol-dependent subjects, and in obsessive compulsive drinking in healthy controls. However, further studies with larger cohorts are required to confirm these preliminary findings.

Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Roles of Bullying Involvement, Frustration Intolerance, and Hostility.

This study examined the relationships of cyberbullying and traditional bullying victimization and perpetration, perceived family function, frustration discomfort, and hostility with self-reported depressive symptoms and suicidality in adolescents diagnosed as having attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Both the self-reported severity of depressive symptoms on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale and the occurrence of suicidal ideation or a suicide attempt on the suicidality module of the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia were assessed in 195 adolescents with ADHD. The adolescents completed the Cyberbullying Experiences Questionnaire, Chinese version of the School Bullying Experience Questionnaire, Frustration–Discomfort Scale, Buss–Durkee Hostility Inventory, and Family APGAR Index. Caregivers completed the ADHD problems component of the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6–18. Multiple regression analyses were used to examine the correlates for each of self-reported depressive symptoms and suicidality. The results showed that after the effects of gender, age, ADHD symptoms, and family function were controlled, greater frustration discomfort and bullying perpetration significantly predicted self-reported depressive symptoms. Being cyberbullying victims and displaying hostility significantly predicted the risk of suicidality. Various types of bullying involvement, frustration intolerance, and hostility significantly predicted self-reported depressive symptoms and suicidality in adolescents with ADHD. By monitoring and intervening in these factors, we can reduce the risk of depression-related problems and suicidality in adolescents with ADHD.

Individual Features of the Convict’s Personality (Results of a Psychological Research)

Introduction: the article presents a study conducted by means of a questionnaire survey among convicts in the Varna prison. The legal status of convicts affects their psychological and behavioral features. When studying the process of forming certain personal qualities in a criminal, we find it necessary to trace the interaction between society and personality. In particular, it is necessary to identify the negative impact of isolation on the convict’s personality in order to work on their reformation. When working with a convicted person, it is necessary to take into account such features of their personality as orientation, abilities, and age characteristics. Such people are alienated from society and its values and have a negative self-image. The present paper focuses on the moral attitudes and knowledge of convicts and on the use of their potential and desire for personal change. In this process, a comprehensive set of intellectual and volitional qualities is formed, in which self-esteem is an important factor that determines behavior and individual features. The aim of our research is to study the level of aggression in convicts and its manifestations under the conditions of isolation; we also try to work out measures to minimize the impact of places of deprivation of liberty on an individual and their relations with others. Methods: we use the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory that measures aggression, and a questionnaire that helps to interview people whose behavior is of interest to researchers. Such questionnaires are designed to assess an individual’s features in specific situations and allow us to ask questions directly. They are relatively straight and do not require complex electronic equipment. The studies confirm the thesis that the closeness of the convicts’ stay in isolation conditions generates negative feelings, which, under specific conditions, can transform into aggressive behavior. Results: summarizing the results for aggressive manifestations of convicts’ personality traits and the corresponding methods of working with convicts allow the researcher to obtain information for solving the target task. We believe that these methods can serve as a basis for building a program for psychological correction of the behavior of an individual kept in isolation. Keywords: Personality; isolation; aggression; communication; self-knowledge

Self-harm and aggression in patients with anorexia nervosa

IntroductionAnorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex condition with high comorbidity.ObjectivesThis study aims to verify whether patients with AN are more aggressive towards themselves than towards others; namely, we measure the levels of autoaggressive/aggressive ideation, negative emotions regarding self/others, as well as self-harm behavior.Methods10 female patients with AN (2 of them also had bulimia nervosa) and 20 female participants of the control group were presented with Structured Interview, Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Test (P‐F), Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, I-structural Test of Ammon, Boyko Communication Aggression Inventory, Boyko Self-directed Emotion Accumulation Inventory (BSEAI). Mann-Whitney U-test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were used.ResultsTable 1Structured interview indicatorControl groupAN patientsSuicide attempts10%60%Self-harm behavior35%60%Piercing/tattoos20%50%Depression (self-report)40%90%There were no significant differences in aggression levels between groups. However, patients with AN showed less extrapunitive reactions: blaming others, requiring others to resolve the situation (P-F, р=0.013) and more intropunitive reactions: self-blame, feeling responsible/guilty for the situation (P-F, р=0.031). AN patients had more self-directed negative emotions and impulses (BSEAI, р=0.01), more self-harm behavior (see table 1). There were no correlations between autoaggression and aggression scales in the control group, but there were 9 correlations between them in the AN group (p<0.05, r>0.76).ConclusionsPatients with AN are more inclined to self-blame, negative ideas about themselves, self-harm behavior, but have the same aggression level as the control group. The interconnection of aggression and autoaggression is different in patients with anorexia nervosa compared to the control group.DisclosureNo significant relationships.

Коррекция когнитивных и эмоционально-личностных процессов у пожилых лиц немедикаментозным способом (методом формирования и активаций артифициальных стабильных функциональных связей мозга)

The relevance of the study is associated with an increase in population of the number of elderly and senile people suffering from dementia and anxiety-depressive disorders, as well as with the need to find effective ways to modify the psychological state of elderly people. The aim of the research was to study cognitive and emotional-personal processes in elderly people when exposed to the method of development and activation of artificial stable functional connections of the human brain. We examined 134 people 65–75 years old (69.12±7.64 years old) with mild cognitive impairments. To assess short-term memory, the Double test was used (Muchnik, Smirnov, 1969), to assess attention ― correction task (Sysoev, 2007). The emotional state was assessed using Taylor's Manifest Anxiety Scale (Nemchin, 1983), the Buss–Durkee Hostility Inventory (Hvan et al., 2005) and the Questionnaire of the hierarchical structure of actual fears of the individual (Shcherbatykh, 1998). To study personality traits, the Standardized multifactorial method of personality research was used (SMIL, Sobchik, 2000). It has been shown that elderly persons with mild cognitive impairments, along with a decrease in working memory and attention, are characterized by a high level of anxiety, fear, and intrapersonal tension. Statistically significant interrelationships of memory with anxiety, aggression and indicators of SMIL personality scales (Neurotic overcontrol, Pessimism, Emotional lability, Impulsivity, Rigidity, Anxiety, Individualism, and Social introversion) were established. From the general group of elderly people with mild cognitive impairment, 34 people were selected for a course of modification of cognitive and emotional-personal processes. After exposure to the method of artificial stable functional connections (10 sessions), an increase in indicators of the volume of short-term memory and attention, a decrease in the level of anxiety, fear and personal tension was observed. A decrease in the number of statistically significant relationships between short-term memory and resentment, hostility, and general aggression was found. The data obtained indicate the need to modify cognitive functions, emotional state and personality, even with mild impairment in the psychological state, to prevent early dementia and improve personal adaptation in the elderly.

Влияние адаптации к мышечной деятельности на динамику психофизиологических показателей агрессивности детей

The aggressiveness issue among adolescents affects the whole society, arouses the scientific and practical interest of researchers and the deep concern of teachers and parents. However, attempts to explain the aggressive actions of young people are hampered by the fact that not only in everyday consciousness but also in many theoretical concepts, the phenomenon of aggression receives very contradictory interpretations, interfering with both its understanding and the possibility of influencing aggressiveness. The methodological basis for the study of student-athletes and children not involved in sports to determine the presence, type and level of aggressiveness of a student is methods of observation, expert assessments and questionnaires. Signs of aggression in a child: often loses control of himself; often argues, swears with adults; often refuses to follow the rules; often irritates people on purpose; often blames others for their mistakes; often gets angry and refuses to do anything; often envious, vindictive; sensitive, reacts very quickly to various actions of others (children and adults), which often irritate them. The method of expert assessments allows to determine the child’s aggression level in the monitoring process by various experts. Verbal methods involve the use of questionnaires, questionnaires, personality tests. Among the latter, the most popular is the Buss–Durkee Hostility Inventory, Freiburg Personality Inventory. Aggressiveness as a personality trait is manifested in all students, 10 out of 18 non-athletes (14–15 years old) are more aggressive and 6 out of 12 (11–12 years old) are equally aggressive athletes. The hostility level (aggression as an act of behavior) is largely predominant in non-athletes (14–15 years old), and also manifests itself noticeably at the age of 11–12 years. Students who do not play sports, in participating in school competitions as part of a class team, experience the tragedy of losing, unsuccessful performance, as a result, hostility arises in the post-competition period during everyday communication with peers, sometimes turning into a fight.

Peripheral Inflammatory Parameters in Patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder.

The aim of the study was to examine the peripheral inflammatory parameters in patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) including white blood cell levels, red cell distribution width (RDW), mean platelet volume (MPV), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), basophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (BLR) by comparing with those of healthy controls. 48 patients diagnosed with APD and a matched healthy control group of 52 individuals were included in our study. Venous blood samples were taken from the participants in the fasting state and at approximately the same time of the day. Socio-demographic data sheet, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) were applied to all of the participants. RDW and basophil cell levels were found significantly higher in the patients than the controls (p=0.005, p=0.038 respectively). BLR was found significantly higher in the participants with alcohol use than those without alcohol use (p=0.016). No significant difference in other laboratory parameters was found between the patient group and the control group. Scores of BDI, BAI, BIS-11, motor impulsivity subscale and physical aggression, anger, hostility and verbal aggression subscales of BDHI, and the total score of BDHI were significantly higher in patients than controls (p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p=0.003, p=0.001, p<0.001 respectively). A positive correlation was determined between the scale scores and the RDW, basophil, monocyte, lymphocyte levels among the laboratory parameters, and a negative correlation was determined between the MPV levels and the depression and impulsivity levels. The results of our study suggested that inflammation might play a role in the etiopathogenesis of APD. Furthermore, a significant relationship was found between the severity of symptoms and some inflammatory parameter levels such as RDW and basophil in APD patients.