@article{ref1,
title="Identification with a violent and sadistic aggressor: a Rorschach study of criminal debt collectors",
journal="Journal of personality assessment",
year="2015",
author="Nørbech, Peder Chr Bryhn and Grønnerød, Cato and Hartmann, Ellen",
volume="98",
number="2",
pages="135-145",
abstract="This study examined personality functioning in a group of 27 incarcerated criminal debt collectors as assessed by the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM; Rorschach, 1921/1942) and the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 2003 ). To explore whether these individuals represent a distinct subgroup within the violent offender population, we compared them to a group of incarcerated homicide offenders (n = 23) without a previous history of significant violence and a group who had committed less serious violent crimes (n = 21). <br><br>RESULTS revealed significantly more Rorschach indicators of past trauma (Trauma Content Index), aggressive urges (Aggressive Potential) and identification (Aggressive Content) among the debt collectors than the 2 other groups. In addition, debt collectors displayed significantly more interpersonal interest (Sum Human content), and significantly higher scores on the PCL-R. Our findings suggest that the debt collector might be viewed as a hostile variant of psychopathy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3891",
doi="10.1080/00223891.2015.1063502",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1063502"
}