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Neuropsychological differences between violent and nonviolent adolescents
Author(s) -
Spellacy Frank
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197710)33:4<966::aid-jclp2270330409>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - psychology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , neuropsychology , discriminant function analysis , clinical psychology , poison control , neuropsychological assessment , psychopathy , neuropsychological test , injury prevention , psychiatry , developmental psychology , personality , cognition , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology , machine learning , computer science
Administered the MMPI and elements of a neuropsychological assessment battery to 40 violent and 40 nonviolent adolescent males (M = 14.6 years). Multivariate analysis showed significant differences between groups on neuropsychological tests, but not on the MMPI. Discriminant function analysis indicated that the neuropsychological assessment had greater power to predict group membership of violent and nonviolent S s than did the MMPI. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that organic impairment contributes to the impulse dyscontrol and associated violent behavior seen in some delinquent adolescents.