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MMPI profiles of women and men convicted of domestic homicide
Author(s) -
Kalichman Seth C.
Publication year - 1988
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(198811)44:6<847::aid-jclp2270440603>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , homicide , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , criminal psychology , criminology , psychiatry , medical emergency , social psychology , personality , medicine , pathology
The present study investigated the psychological characteristics of men and women convicted of domestic homicide. Demographic information and MMPIs were collected from women ( n = 16) and men ( n = 20) convicted of murdering their partners and men ( n = 19) convicted of murdering strangers during the course of a crime. Analyses of variance indicated that women had significantly higher elevations on MMPI scales PA and SI than both groups of men, while men convicted of murdering strangers had higher elevations of scale MA than men convicted of domestic murder. These findings suggest different patterns of psychopathology among homicide offenders depending on the offender's relationship to the victim. Results are discussed with reference to previous research on domestic murderers and female offenders.