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Predictors of aggressive behaviors — a longitudinal study in senior day care centers
Author(s)	Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Perla Werner
Journal title	The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 53B, no 5, September 1998
Pages	pp P300-P310
Keywords	Aggression ; Living in the community ; Day centres ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Aggressive behaviours place older people and their caregivers at risk. This study examines longitudinally the predictors of aggressive behaviours based on staff and family members' ratings of 200 community-dwelling participants from five senior day care centres in Maryland (MD). The main difference between physically and verbally aggressive behaviours were found to be the role of physical and mental health. Cognitive impairment and poor quality of relationship were the main predictors of physically aggressive behaviours. Verbally aggressive behaviours were predicted mainly by depressed affect, low quality of relationships, and poor physical health. These results validate and expand previous cross-sectional research on the correlates of aggression in other populations, and guide in the development of intervention. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010117204 A
Classmark	EPB: K4: NMC: 3J: 7T
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