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Personality and trait aggression profiles of male and female prison inmates
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- Falk, Örjan (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Centrum för etik, juridik och mental hälsa,Centre for Ethics, Law, and Mental Health
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- Sfendla, Anis (author)
- Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Tetouan, Morocco
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- Brändström, Sven (author)
- Center for Well-being Washington University, School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Anckarsäter, Henrik, 1966 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Centrum för etik, juridik och mental hälsa,Centre for Ethics, Law, and Mental Health
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- Nilsson, Thomas, 1954 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Centrum för etik, juridik och mental hälsa,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry,Centre for Ethics, Law, and Mental Health
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- Kerekes, Nora (author)
- Högskolan Väst,Avdelningen for hälsopromotion och vårdvetenskap,Swedish Prison and Probation Services, R&E, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Elsevier BV, 2017
- 2017
- English.
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In: Psychiatry Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 0165-1781 .- 1872-7123. ; 250, s. 302-307
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- Gender specific personality profiles in association with the level of aggressive antisocial behavior in offenders have not been previously investigated. In the present study we analyzed data collected from 65 male and 50 female offenders using structured protocols regarding criminal history (by criminal register data), trait aggression (by the Life History of Aggression (LHA) questionnaire), and personality profiles (by the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI)). Prison inmates differed significantly on several personality dimensions, most pronouncedly were they characterized with low character maturity (low scores in the Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness dimensions of TCI) when compared to gender and age matched controls of the general population. The majority of offenders scored distinctively high on trait aggression. There were moderate to strong associations between the personality dimensions and each of the subscales of LHA (Aggression, Self-directed Aggression and Antisocial behavior). These associations were stronger in the female offender sample. Trait aggression could be best explained by a model, which included male gender, younger age, high novelty seeking temperament and low character maturity. Our results suggest that therapies aiming at strengthening self-governance and increasing cooperativeness (focusing on character maturity) may alleviate aggressive antisocial behavior in offenders.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Personality; prison; females; males
- Vårdvetenskap
- Nursing science
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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