NCJ Number
29023
Journal
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1974) Pages: 53-59
Date Published
1974
Length
7 pages
Annotation
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND BIOGRAPHICAL INVENTORIES ADMINISTERED TO 53 MALE INMATES DETERMINED THAT PRISONERS FUNCTIONED MORE ON THE BASIS OF IRRATIONAL BELIEFS THAN A NORMAL POPULATION SAMPLE.
Abstract
IRRATIONAL BELIEFS INDICATING SELF-CENTEREDNESS, MANIPULATION, AND AUTHORITARIANISM WERE MOST STRONGLY ADHERED TO BY THE PRISONERS. THE TEST USED IN THE STUDY WAS THE ALBERT ELLIS ADULT IRRATIONAL IDEAS INVENTORY. --SUMMARY IN FRENCH