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PSYCHOPATHIC DEVIATION AMONG FEMALE SUBURBAN ADOLESCENTS
Author(s) -
RATHUS SPENCER A.,
SIEGEL LARRY J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1981.tb00430.x
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , metropolitan area , scale (ratio) , population , personality , multivariate statistics , multivariate analysis , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , demography , social psychology , statistics , geography , cartography , mathematics , sociology , archaeology
The female population of a suburban high school in a Northeastern metropolitan region (n = 837) was administered the MMPI‐168 and additional surveys in order to explore the relationships between scale 4 (Psychopathic Deviate) and other variables, using multivariate techniques. Results of three multiple discriminant analyses between high and normal scorers on scale 4 suggest that high scorers are typified by a variety of delinquent experiences, low self‐esteem, family and residential disruptions, and personality disorder. MMPI‐168 response sets are not so influential as target variables in discriminating the criterion groups.