Exploring the associations between dark triad personality and psychopathology in convicted offenders: Identifying their role in reincarceration

IF 0.8 4区 心理学 Q4 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Glòria Brugués Català, Beatriz Caparrós Caparrós
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Dysfunctional personality and psychopathological characteristics are increasingly studied in offenders separately, but only a few studies have analysed their relationship in this specific population. In this research, we focus on the so-called Dark Triad personality, consisting of the Machiavellian, the narcissistic and the psychopathic personalities. The main objective of this study was to examine the association between Dark Triad personality and psychopathology and also to know the role of these mental health variables in recidivism. Participants were 63 offenders (44 men and 19 women) from two different penitentiary institutions. Sociodemographic data as well as clinical and personality characteristics were recorded. Psychopathology was assessed with the third version of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and dark personality with the Short Dark Triad. Results of descriptive statistical analyses revealed a high prevalence of psychopathology in convicted participants and reincarcerated offenders. Correlational analyses showed a strong relation between the Dark Triad personality and psychopathology, being the psychopathic personality the one with the highest association. Finally, we found that the psychopathological variables contributing most to the discrimination of reincarcerated participants were substance and alcohol abuse disorders and in relation to dysfunctional personality were psychopathy and narcissism, the latter in negative direction. These data highlight the relevance of a necessity for research exploring long-term patterns of re-incarceration for both men and women, including mental health disorders and personality models. The importance of taking into account the relationship between variables in preventive and treatment interventions inside and outside penitentiary institutions is discussed.

探索已定罪罪犯的黑暗三重性格与精神病理学之间的关联:确定其在重新监禁中的作用
人们越来越多地将罪犯的功能失调人格和精神病理特征分开研究,但只有少数研究分析了它们在这一特定人群中的关系。在本研究中,我们重点关注所谓的黑暗三重人格,包括马基雅维利型人格、自恋型人格和变态型人格。本研究的主要目的是考察黑暗三重人格与精神病理学之间的关联,同时了解这些心理健康变量在累犯中的作用。研究对象是来自两个不同监狱机构的 63 名罪犯(44 名男性和 19 名女性)。社会人口学数据以及临床和人格特征均已记录在案。心理病理学通过米隆临床多轴量表第三版进行评估,黑暗人格通过短期黑暗三联征进行评估。描述性统计分析结果显示,在已定罪的参与者和重新入狱的罪犯中,精神病理学的流行率很高。相关性分析表明,黑暗三人格与精神病理学之间存在密切联系,其中精神病态人格的相关性最高。最后,我们发现,对再监禁参与者的歧视作用最大的精神病理学变量是药物滥用和酒精滥用障碍,而与功能障碍人格相关的是精神病态和自恋,后者是负向的。这些数据突出表明,有必要对男性和女性重新入狱的长期模式进行研究,包括心理健康障碍和人格模式。讨论了在监狱机构内外的预防和治疗干预措施中考虑变量之间关系的重要性。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling (JIP-OP) is an international journal of behavioural science contributions to criminal and civil investigations, for researchers and practitioners, also exploring the legal and jurisprudential implications of psychological and related aspects of all forms of investigation. Investigative Psychology is rapidly developing worldwide. It is a newly established, interdisciplinary area of research and application, concerned with the systematic, scientific examination of all those aspects of psychology and the related behavioural and social sciences that may be relevant to criminal.
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