Volume 20, Issue 2
The Influence of Quality of Life on Patterns of Aggressive Behavior in Assistance Workers of the Health Sector
Abstract
It was assessed the influence of the quality oflife on aggressive behavior patterns composed of behaviors,situations and motives for aggression, in workers of the healthsector, using the model of quality of life as an interventionstrategy. A number of 61 participants were grouped bysocioeconomic characteristics, the family economic ratio wasobtained and they completed the quality of life questionnaireSF-36, the inventory of situations and aggressive behaviorsISCA and the inventory of motives for aggression IMA. The mostcommon aggressive behaviors were the attitudes and gesturesof anger, verbal aggression and failing to cooperate with others.The associated situations were personal or family finances,family relationships and work. The most common motives weredefending values, anger and feeling they have been unfair to you.The dimensions of QOL with higher scores were physical functionand physical role. The economic ratio and all SF-36 dimensions,except physical function, were related and had an influenced onsome characteristic of the patterns of aggressive behavior. Thisconfirms the use of quality of life as an intervention strategy.
Keywords
quality of life, aggression, violence, health, organization