Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Characteristics of Parricide Offenders with Schizophrenia in Korea
Psychiatry Investigation
; : 166-171, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study aims to examine the personality characteristics in parricide offenders, by using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test, which is commonly used in clinical medicine.METHODS:
A total of 73 parricide offenders with schizophrenia who were admitted to National Forensic Hospital in Gongju city between September 2014 and February 2015, and 104 comparison schizophrenia patients who had been admitted to Dankook University Hospital in Cheonan city the same hospital, completed the Korean version of the MMPI.RESULTS:
The parricide offender group showed significantly higher on L, F, Hs, Hy and Pd than the comparison group. The result of the regression analysis indicated that Pd and Si significantly increased the odd ratio of the sexual offender group by 2.77 times and 0.32 times, respectively (p=0.029 and p=0.023). The offenders of parricide may have developed the following characteristics hypochondriasis, hysteria and psychopathic deviate.CONCLUSION:
These results suggested that the psychopatholgy in the offenders of parricide might be different, compared to the control group.Mots clés
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Base de données:
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Sujet principal:
Psychopathologie
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Schizophrénie
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Médecine clinique
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Minnesota
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Criminels
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Hypochondrie
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Hystérie
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Corée
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Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory
Limites:
Humans
Pays/Région comme sujet:
America do norte
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Asia
Langue:
En
Journal:
Psychiatry Investigation
Année:
2017
Type de document:
Article