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Citation

Falk O, Sfendla A, Brändström S, Anckarsäter H, Nilsson T, Kerekes N. Psychiatry Res. 2017; 250: 302-309.

Affiliation

Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden; Swedish Prison and Probation Services, R&E, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2016.12.018

PMID

28279310

Abstract

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.

Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.


Language: en

Keywords

Aggressive antisocial behavior; Character maturity; Criminality; Gender differences; Life history of aggression; Novelty seeking; Personality; Prison inmates; Temperament and character inventory

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