Citation

Kim M, Cogan R, Carter S, Porcerelli JH. Bull. Menninger Clin. 2005; 69(4): 305-312.

Affiliation

Psychology at the University of Arkansas-Monticello.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Guilford Publications)

DOI

10.1521/bumc.2005.69.4.305

PMID

16370791

Abstract

College men who reported committing violence toward strangers (N = 30) and nonviolent college men (N = 30) completed Thematic Apperception Test cards (TAT) and responded to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Defense mechanisms were coded from the TAT responses with the Defense Mechanism Manual (DMM). The men who reported violence toward strangers had higher DMM Denial scores and higher MMPI-2 Antisocial Practices scores than the nonviolent men. Student violence toward strangers seems to reflect immaturity rather than psychopathy.