Psychopathy and behavior problems: a comparison of incarcerated male and female juvenile delinquents
Autor: | Cristina Nunes, Pedro Pechorro, Rui Xavier Vieira, Duarte Nuno Vieira, Saul Neves, Carlos Poiares, João Maroco |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Difficulties questionnaire Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Psychopathy Poison control Logistic regression Pathology and Forensic Medicine Developmental psychology Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention Juvenile delinquency medicine Humans Conduct problems Sex Distribution Antisocial-behavior media_common Portugal Mental Disorders Prisoners Self-report version Non-referred boys medicine.disease Traits Adolescent psychopathy Aggression Psychiatry and Mental health Logistic Models Prosocial behavior Conduct disorder Juvenile Delinquency Screening device Female Psychology Law Stability Seriousness |
Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
Popis: | The objective of the present study was to compare incarcerated male and female juvenile offenders regarding psychopathic traits, behavior problems, psychopathy taxon, conduct disorder, self-reported delinquent behavior, and crime seriousness. Within a total forensic sample of 261 detainee participants, subdivided in a male group (n = 217) and a female group (n = 44), statistically significant differences were found. Female juvenile offenders show less callous-unemotional traits, more emotional symptoms, more prosocial behaviors, less self-reported delinquent behavior, and lower crime seriousness. Conduct disorder prevalence was very high, but no statistically significant gender differences were found. The predictive importance of psychopathic traits, behavior problems, psychopathy taxon, and conduct disorder for the prediction of group membership (female versus male) was established by binary logistic regression. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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