Selected Factors Related to Violent Behavior in Community of Schizophrenic Patients
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The purposes of this descriptive correlational research were 1) to study the characteristics and violent behavior level in community of schizophrenia patients, and 2) to study the relationships between selected factors including age, gender, antisocial personality disorder, history of violent behavior, history of substance abuse, medication adherence behavior, positive and negative symptoms with violent behavior. A total sample of 105 schizophrenic patients in community, who met the inclusion criteria, was drawn from out–patient departments of Galya Rajanangarindra Institute, Suanprung Hospital, and Suansaranrom Hospital. Research instruments consist of six questionnaires namely: 1) Demographic data sheet, 2) The Thai version of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview, 3) The Thai version of the Positive Syndrome Scale, 4) The Thai version of the Negative Syndrome Scale, 5) The Medication Adherence Behavior Scale, and 6) MacArthur Community Violence Instrument : MCVI. All instruments were validated for content validity by 5 experts and tested for reliability. Statistic techniques utilized in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, contingency coefficient and point biserial correlation. Findings were summarized as follows:
- The characteristics of behavior in community of schizophrenia patients is destroy things was 84.80% and violent behavior level in community of schizophrenia patients is aggressive acts was 42.90%
- Antisocial personality disorder, history of substance abuse, history of violent behavior, positive symptoms and medication adherence behavior was positively related to violent behavior of schizophrenic patients in community, at .05 level. (C = .344, .544, .655 and rpb = .181, .046 respectively.) Age was negatively related to violent behavior of schizophrenic patients in community, at .05 level. (rpb = -232)
- Gender and negative symptoms were not significantly related to violent behavior of schizophrenic patients in community.
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