Citation

Sugihara Y, Warner JA. Psychol. Rep. 1999; 85(1): 163-169.

Affiliation

Miyazaki International College, Japan. ysugihar@miyazaki-mic.ac.jp

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10575982

Abstract

This study examined personality characteristics of Mexican-American male batterers. 60 Mexican-American male batterers (M = 33.6 yr.) in the court system in South Texas took the MCMI-III and their MCMI-III scores were compared with the scores of a community sample of 45 Mexican-American individuals (M = 30.4 yr.). The batterers frequently scored higher than the nonbatterers on the Avoidant and Passive-Aggressive scales, while nonbatterers frequently scored higher on the Histrionic scale. The batterers scored significantly higher on 18 out of 24 MCMI-III scales, while nonbatterers scored significantly higher on two scales.

Language: en