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Racial influences on intelligence and personality measures of people who commit murder
Author(s) -
Holcomb William R.,
Adams Nicholas
Publication year - 1982
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(198210)38:4<793::aid-jclp2270380417>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - psychology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , commit , personality , nonverbal communication , white (mutation) , antisocial personality disorder , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , poison control , injury prevention , social psychology , medical emergency , biochemistry , chemistry , database , computer science , gene , medicine
Examined a sample of murderers ( N = 137) (91 white and 46 black offenders) for racial differences on intelligence (both verbal and nonverbal) and personality measures. Black offenders scored significantly lower than white offenders on both verbal and nonverbal intelligence as well as on the S I scale of the MMPI. However, they scored higher on the M A scale. Overall, the intelligence measures discriminated better between black and white offenders than personality measures. Implications for future research and efforts to develop new norms for the MMPI are discussed.