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An evaluation of nonassaultive, assaultive, and sexually assaultive adolescents at pretrial sentencing: a comparison on cognition, personality, aggression, and criminal sentiments.
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Psychological reports [Psychol Rep] 2009 Dec; Vol. 105 (3 Pt 2), pp. 1077-91. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This study evaluated male adolescents who were convicted of offenses. Test scores of 12 nonassaultive, 14 assaultive, and 13 sexual offenders were compared prior to sentencing. A battery of psychometric tests evaluating cognition, scholastic ability, personality, aggression, and criminal sentiments were administered. Significant differences were noted for the subtest Block Design of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Significant personality measures were also noted for Social Introversion and Addiction Acknowledgement of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent Form, and the Inhibited, Sexual Discomfort, Peer Insecurity, Substance Abuse Proneness, and Anxious Feelings of the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory. There were significant differences noted for the State Anger, Feel Like Expressing Anger Verbally, Feel Like Expressing Anger Physically, Trait Anger, Angry Temperament, Angry Reaction, Anger Expression-Out, and Anger Expression Index of the Spielberger State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Discriminant analyses showed the three groups could be separated by stepwise procedure.
- Subjects :
- Achievement
Adolescent
Anger
Antisocial Personality Disorder diagnosis
Antisocial Personality Disorder psychology
Cognition Disorders diagnosis
Cognition Disorders epidemiology
Comorbidity
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency statistics & numerical data
MMPI statistics & numerical data
Male
Prisoners legislation & jurisprudence
Prisoners psychology
Psychometrics statistics & numerical data
Substance-Related Disorders epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders psychology
Temperament
Wechsler Scales statistics & numerical data
Aggression psychology
Cognition Disorders psychology
Criminal Psychology legislation & jurisprudence
Juvenile Delinquency legislation & jurisprudence
Juvenile Delinquency psychology
Personality Inventory statistics & numerical data
Rape legislation & jurisprudence
Rape psychology
Violence legislation & jurisprudence
Violence psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0033-2941
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 3 Pt 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Psychological reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20229911
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2466/PR0.105.F.1077-1091