International Journal of Neurorehabilitation

Oxana A Nakonechnaya

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• Research Article
  Interrelation between Anxiety Level and Aggressiveness
  Author(s): Liudmyla D Popova, Irina M Vasylyeva and Oxana A NakonechnayaLiudmyla D Popova, Irina M Vasylyeva and Oxana A Nakonechnaya
  
  High anxiety is the base not only for depression development but also to impulsive aggression manifestation. In the previous study we revealed the differences in neurohumoral status in animals with submissive and dominant behavioral types. Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis hyperactivity, the increase in noradrenaline and the decrease in serotonin levels in limbicocortical regions were observed in submissive male rats (high anxiety). Due to these results, we studied the interrelation between anxiety level and aggressiveness index and its components. The research involved 138 participants: 121 young men aged 18 to 22 years and 17 male adolescents within the age range 15-16 years. They were asked to answer Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Eysenck Personality Inventory. The anxiety level was assessed in poin.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0281.1000242

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