Citation

Piotrowski C. Psychol. Rep. 1997; 81(3): 1025-1026.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514- 5751, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9432682

Abstract

Prior research, from the psychodynamically oriented literature, characterizes homicidal offenders as impulsive, vulnerable to stress, with difficulties in emotional control, particularly anger. In 1995 Coram reported Rorschach data from a sample of murderers which tentatively support earlier findings. This paper argues that confirmatory data from measures which objectively assess emotional states and behaviors could elucidate this issue.

Language: en