[The personality and self-concept of aggressive children: a typologic approach]

A sample of 57 children aged 9 to 14 years with aggressive behavior disorders was compared with an unselected clinical control group of non-aggressive children with regard to personality traits and child psychiatric classifications. The children were divided into groups of more or less aggressive symptoms (mainly aggressive--partly aggressive--non aggressive patients) and after statistical grouping according to personality traits. Three type factors could be extracted, and their relationship to the principal symptoms was analyzed. Finally the relevance of the three type factors for an efficient classification and therapy of children with aggressive conduct disorders is discussed.