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Psychological screening of sexually violent offenders with the MCMI
Author(s) -
Chantry Karen,
Craig Robert J.
Publication year - 1994
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(199405)50:3<430::aid-jclp2270500314>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - psychology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , millon clinical multiaxial inventory , personality , clinical psychology , test (biology) , developmental psychology , social psychology , personality disorders , paleontology , biology
The MCMI was administered to 603 recently convicted violent offenders, grouped according to nature of the offense into child molesters ( n = 201), rapists ( n = 195), and non‐sexually aggressive felons ( n = 205). Both groups of sexual offenders were more passive‐aggressive, but child molesters were more dependent, anxious, and depressed than the other two groups, whose personality style was more narcissistic and independent with little psychic distress. Results confirm earlier findings based on MMPI test results, which show that the personality styles of rapists are more similar to those of non‐sexually aggressive felons than to those of child molesters. Test variance can no longer be the basis for these replicated findings.