OBJECTIVE This open-label prospective study investigated the effects of paliperidone extended release (ER) on hostility in Thai patients with schizophrenia. BACKGROUND Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia may be hostile or exhibit aggressive behavior, which can occasion their admission to psychiatric hospital. Antipsychotic medications are often used to treat hostility and aggression in such...

In the present study we evaluated attributional style which refers to how individuals explain the causes for positive and negative events in their lives in patients with first episode of schizophrenia with and without paranoid ideation. 43 patients with first episode of psychosis and 37 matched normal controls completed Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ) (Combs et al. 2007). Be...

Hormonal factors are important in multifactorial theories of sexual offending. The relationship between hormones and aggression in nonhumans is well established, but the putative effect in humans is more complex, and the direction of the effect is usually unclear. In this study, a large sample (N = 771) of adult male sex offenders was assessed between 1982 and 1996. Gonadotrophic (follicle-stim...

This study aims to examine the impact of consumer ethnocentrism, vulnerability normative influence, and hostility towards purchasing foreign products in Indonesia context Indonesian franchised products. research method is quantitative. Questionnaires are used collect sample data. 350 questionnaires were distributed by direct delivery survey targeted respondents, 208 returned for processing. The...

The presence and absence of the feelings of guilt and hostility in depression had been a matter of controversy in the cross-cultural literature. In the psychopathology of depression, these feelings have been considered playing a significant role. Redlich and Freedman (1966) reported that the feelings of guilt in depressive patients were found to be associated with shame as well as unworthiness ...

Ten male patients who shared a similar behaviour disorder have been seen. Their behaviour was characterized by extreme hostility towards close members of the family without aggressiveness towards others. The first manifestations of an increase in hostility may be acts aimed to injure of denigrate the spouse or close members of the family. The dynamics of Capgras's syndrome may be similar. This ...

The present study tested a model examining 2 indicators of a hostile interpersonal workplace climate for women-observed hostility (i.e., incivility and sexual harassment) toward women and perceived organizational unresponsiveness to sexual harassment--and how they relate to well-being and withdrawal for employees. Participants included 871 female and 831 male employees from a public university....

We investigated the continuity of personality constructs in the Oregon Youth Substance Use Project, a cohort-sequential study encompassing development from early childhood to adolescence with five annual or biennial assessments. Sociability and Hostility, assessed by teachers' ratings of children's behaviors at each assessment, were related to the traits comprising the Five-Factor model assesse...