NCJ Number
64592
Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Volume: 18 Dated: (1979) Pages: 111-119
Date Published
1979
Length
9 pages
Annotation
FACTOR ANALYSES OF PERSONALITY TEST DATA IN TWO SAMPLES OF OFFENDERS ADMITTED TO PSYCHIATRIC SECURITY HOSPITALS YIELDED TWO HIGHER ORDER FACTORS: PSYCHOPATHY VERSUS CONFORMITY AND SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL VERSUS SOCIALABILITY.
Abstract
ONE SAMPLE WAS ALSO RATED FOR WARD BEHAVIOR BY NURSING STAFF, AND SIMILAR FACTORS EMERGED FROM THE BEHAVIOR RATING DATA. THE SELF-REPORT DIMENSION OF PSYCHOPATHY CORRELATED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE CORRESPONDING RATING DIMENSION AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION AND, FOR MEDICATED SUBJECTS ONLY, WITH RATING OBTAINED 2 YEARS LATER. CROSS-MEDIA CONVERGENCE OF THE WITHDRAWAL DIMENSION WAS NOT FOUND AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION, BUT FOR UNMEDICATED SUBJECTS, INITIAL SELF-REPORTS CORRELATED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE EQUIVALENT RATING DIMENSION AS ASSESSED 2 YEARS LATER. THE TWO DIMENSIONS THEREFORE APPEAR TO MEASURE MEANINGFUL BEHAVIOR DISPOSITIONS. WHILE THEY DEFINE THE SAME DIMENSIONAL SPACE AS NEUROTICISM AND INTROVERSION-EXTROVERSION, THEY APPEAR TO PROVIDE A MORE APPROPRIATE FRAMEWORK FOR CLASSIFICATION WITHIN THIS POPULATION OF OFFENDERS. TABLES, FIGURES, AND REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--PRG)