Farías-García R, Vázquez J, Villarreal- Ríos E, Calderón-Garcidueñas AL

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ABSTRACT

To compare the biophycosocial profile of adolescents with aggressive offending behavior. The group of adolescents (n= 42) who committed homicide and a random sample (n = 42) of robbery cases during a 4 years period in Nuevo Leon state were included. 24 variables were studied. X2, odd ratios and logistic regression analysis were performed. Comparison between groups reveled preponderance in tobacco habit (p= 0.008, OR 2.96), alcoholic beverage consumption (p = 0.01, OR 4.11), family dysfunction (p= 0.015, OR 3.4), and cerebral disease (p = 0.046, OR 2.45) among adolescents who committed homicide. The most explicative model included the first three variables (X2= 19.69, R2= 0.16, p= 0.0002). Homicides were predominantly during the night (p= 0.001, OR 3.6) and these adolescents showed chronic partial nocturnal sleep deprivation. Conclusions: Personal habits and family functionality are important in these groups and reveal an opportunity area that should be attended by the correspondent Institutions and by Society. In the mean time, the accomplishment of the physiological sleep periods may emerge as a preventive effort against the maximal expression of aggressive behavior.

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