Aggression and Epilepsy: Seizure‐Type Comparisons and High‐Risk Variables
- 1 December 1980
- Vol. 21 (6) , 691-698
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1980.tb04322.x
Abstract
Summary: One hundred fifty‐three patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and 79 patients with generalized epilepsy were compared on a measure of aggression (derived from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory). Analysis of covariance indicated that seizure type was not related to aggression. Multiple‐regression analyses for each seizure group indicated that in temporal lobe epilepsy the chronologic age was inversely correlated with aggression scores. In the group with generalized epilepsy, chronologic age and myoclonic seizures were inversely correlated with aggression, while akinetic seizures were directly associated with increased aggression.Keywords
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