[Epidemiological study on the homicidal behaviour in teenagers]. / Estudio epidemiológico sobre la conducta homicida en los adolescentes.

This study addresses the epidemiology of risk factors and personality traits in adolescents of 16 and 17 years of age, charged with homicide, with a focus on analyzing psychic functioning, socio-demographic variables and family constitution. This is a longitudinal, retrospective and inferential study of the psychiatric assessments of several subjects who were interviewed in the Family Courts of the province of Mendoza. The hypothesis states that adolescents who have violent behavior, impulsivity and diffculty in complying with rules, do so as a result of having been victims of violence in an inadequate family environment. The statistical method employed was ANOVA 2 and sign test for a statically signifcant p<0.05. The study of different variables shows low self-criticism and behavioral disorders in childhood among the subjects.

[Personality traits and psychiatric disorders in females with violent partner relationships: a correlational study]. / Estudio correlacional de rasgos de personalidad y trastornos psíquicos en mujeres con vínculos violentos de pareja.

UNLABELLED: The domestic violence (physical or psychological, uni or bidirectional) poses questions about female victims' personality traits or mental disorders that facilitate the development of violence. A sample of 32 females between 20 and 65 years old was studied with the International Psychiatric Interview - Modified (MINI) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2). ANOVA non parametric and Fischer's Exact Test, (p<0.05) were used. RESULTS: impulsivity was predominant in crossed violence, and victims showed depressive symptoms and low esteem. MINI showed general anxiety disorder and MMPI-2 showed paranoid symptoms in both groups.