TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Identification with a violent and sadistic aggressor: a Rorschach study of criminal debt collectors
JO  - Journal of personality assessment
A1  - Nørbech, Peder Chr Bryhn
A1  - Grønnerød, Cato
A1  - Hartmann, Ellen
SP  - 135
EP  - 145
VL  - 98
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1063502
ID  - ref1
ER  -