TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Juvenile sex offenders: personality profile, coping styles and parental care
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Margari, Francesco
A1  - Lecce, Paola Alessandra
A1  - Craig, Francesco
A1  - Lafortezza, Elena
A1  - Lisi, Andrea
A1  - Pinto, Floriana
A1  - Stallone, Valentina
A1  - Pierri, Grazia
A1  - Pisani, Rossella
A1  - Zagaria, Giuseppina
A1  - Margari, Lucia
A1  - Grattagliano, Ignazio
SP  - 82
EP  - 88
VL  - 229
IS  - 1-2
N2  - In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in juvenile sex offenders showing that this population is highly heterogeneous. The aim of the present study was to identify possible different profiles that could help understand the motivation behind offending, comparing 31 Juvenile Sexual Offenders (JSOs), 31 Juvenile Sexual Non Offenders (JSNOs) and 31 Juvenile Non Offenders (Control Group). A data collection form, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) or Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) and the Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI) were administered to all participants. The results show that JSOs differs from JNSOs in some domains, such as living in single-parent homes, while maintain some common aspects such as academic failure and previous sexual intercourse. Moreover, JNSOs showed more abnormal personality traits, such as Authority Problems, MacAndrew Alcoholism, Acknowledgement and Alcohol-Drug Problem Proneness compared to JSOs and the Control Group, while JSOs and JNSOs use a coping strategy more oriented to Avoidance and Distraction compared to the Control group. Finally, JSOs described the relationships with fathers characterized by higher care and protection than JNSOs. These findings provide additional evidence with respect the prevention and treatment of criminal sexual behavior in adolescent.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.07.066
ID  - ref1
ER  -