Cognition and psychopathy in incarcerated sexual offenders

Q2 Psychology

Estudos De Psicologia (campinas) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI:10.1590/1982-027520234020158

Rodrigo Perissinotto, A. Resende

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Abstract Objective: The objective was to investigate if perpetrators of sexual offenses against children and adolescents with and without psychopathy differ regarding cognitive aspects. Method: A total of 30 male inmates participated in the study, divided into two groups: one that included psychopaths and the other with non-psychopaths. The instruments used were: protocol for collecting information on criminal court records; Rorschach test according to the Performance Assessment System, considering the cognitive variables and the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Scale. Results: The results indicate that psychopaths exhibit greater impairment in the organization of thoughts, as well as greater vulnerability to the general personality disruption. The best regression model showed that 55% of psychopathy can be explained by a greater propensity to a general personality disorder (EII-3 β: 4.77; p-value < 0.001), associated with the predisposition to be arrested at a young age (β: -0.26; p-value = 0.004). Conclusion: The efficiency of the R-PAS is observed in the identification of cognitive failures in psychopath perpetrators of sexual violence and perpetrators of sexual violence, and its usefulness is enhanced, when associated with other behavioral measures in the identification of this type of personality profile.

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在押性犯罪者的认知与精神病

摘要目的:目的是调查儿童和青少年的性犯罪是否存在认知方面的差异。方法:共有30名男性囚犯参与研究，分为两组:一组包括精神病患者，另一组包括非精神病患者。所使用的文书有:刑事法庭记录资料收集议定书;根据罗夏测验的绩效评估体系，考虑认知变量和精神病检查表-修订量表。结果:结果表明，精神变态者在思想组织方面表现出更大的损伤，并且更容易受到一般人格破坏的影响。最佳回归模型显示，55%的精神病态可以用更大的一般人格障碍倾向来解释(ei -3 β: 4.77;p值< 0.001)，与年轻时被捕的易感性相关(β: -0.26;p值= 0.004)。结论:R-PAS在识别精神变态性暴力施暴者和性暴力施暴者的认知失败方面的有效性被观察到，并且当与其他行为测量相结合时，其有用性在识别这类人格特征时得到增强。

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Estudos De Psicologia (campinas) Psychology-Psychology (all)

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4.00

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13 weeks

期刊介绍： Estudos de Psicologia (Psychological Studies) is a quarterly journal of the graduate psychology program at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas - Centro Ciências da Vida (Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas- Center of Life Sciences). Since its foundation in 1983, it has been encouraging contributions from national and international scientific communities, aiming to discuss and to promote the profession and research in Psychology through the publication of original articles, which bring relevant contributions to the field of Psychology. It also publishes theoretical and review papers as well as book reviews representing significant advances to the science and profession of Psychology.