TY - JOUR
T1 - Disturbed sleep as a risk factor for aggression in prisoners with a psychotic illness: a brief report
AU - Meijers, J.
AU - Scherder, F.
AU - Harte, J.M.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The objective of the present study is to examine whether a relationship exists between disturbed sleep and aggression in 19 male prisoners with a psychotic illness, incarcerated in the Penitentiary Psychiatric Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The sleep–wake rhythm was indirectly assessed by means of actigraphy. The results show that nocturnal restlessness was a significant predictor of aggression/agitation with a large effect size (R
AB - The objective of the present study is to examine whether a relationship exists between disturbed sleep and aggression in 19 male prisoners with a psychotic illness, incarcerated in the Penitentiary Psychiatric Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The sleep–wake rhythm was indirectly assessed by means of actigraphy. The results show that nocturnal restlessness was a significant predictor of aggression/agitation with a large effect size (R
U2 - 10.1080/1068316X.2015.1077246
DO - 10.1080/1068316X.2015.1077246
M3 - Article
SN - 1068-316X
VL - 2015
SP - 968
EP - 972
JO - Psychology, Crime and Law
JF - Psychology, Crime and Law
IS - 21(10)
ER -
