Association of aggressivity at adolescence and criminality to severe assault exposure among former adolescent psychiatric inpatients |
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Author: | Oulasmaa, Lauri E.1; Riipinen, Pirkko K.1; Hakko, Helinä H.2; |
Organizations: |
1Department of Psychiatry, Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oulu, Finland 2Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | accepted version |
Access: | embargoed |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022061647121 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Informa,
2022
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Publish Date: | 2023-02-08 |
Description: |
AbstractThis study investigated the associations of adolescent aggression, and criminality, to severe hospital-treated assault exposures among young adults (n = 508) with a history of adolescent psychiatric inpatient treatment between 2001‐2006. Participants were interviewed during hospitalization using K–SADS–PL to assess psychiatric disorders, and to obtain information on aggressivity. Data on crimes committed were obtained from the Finnish Legal Register Centre, and the treatment episodes for assault exposures from the Finnish National Care Register for Health Care, up to end of 2016. Predictors for severe assault exposure were male sex (OR = 2.1), short temperedness (OR = 2.4), non-violent offending (OR = 2.6), and violent offending (OR = 4.8). These results indicate that the participants most vulnerable to severe assaults were those suffering from a continuum of aggressivity across their lifetime. Our findings can be utilized to identify adolescents at risk of severe assault exposure, and to reduce this risk by focusing on appropriate treatments for these vulnerable adolescents. see all
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Series: |
Psychiatry, psychology and law |
ISSN: | 1321-8719 |
ISSN-E: | 1934-1687 |
ISSN-L: | 1321-8719 |
DOI: | 10.1080/13218719.2021.2003264 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.2003264 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
3124 Neurology and psychiatry |
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Funding: |
This work was supported by the Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, Helsinki, Finland; the Iso-Mällinen Foundation, Tyrnävä, Finland; the Kerttu Saalasti Foundation, Nivala, Finland; and the Alma and K.A. Snellman Foundation, Oulu, Finland. |
Copyright information: |
© 2022 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law on 08 Feb 2022, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.2003264 |