TY - JOUR PY - 1971// TI - The violent 4-3 MMPI personality type JO - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology A1 - Persons, Roy W. A1 - Marks, Philip A. SP - 189 EP - 196 VL - 36 IS - 2 N2 - Attempted to replicate and extend the study of K. R. Davis and J. O. Sines (see PA, Vol. 46:Issue 2) which found the MMPI high point pattern of 4-3 to be associated with commission of violent acts. 48 4-3 male inmates were compared with the 3 most frequently occurring other MMPI code types in a prison and with the institutional base rate for commission of violent criminal offenses. 4-3 Ss committed significantly more violent acts than any of the other personality groups and significantly more violence than the base rates of inmates in general. The other 3 personality groups did not differ from the base rate. Of the 4-3 Ss, 85% had a history of violence. Personality variables, e.g., guilt and anxiety, and race of the offender, are discussed. (24 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
LA - SN - 0022-006X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0030742 ID - ref1 ER -