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A personality‐based taxonomy of sexually abusive adolescents derived from the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI)
Author(s) -
Richardson Graeme,
Kelly Tom P.,
Graham Finlay,
Bhate Surya R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1348/0144665031752998
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathology , millon clinical multiaxial inventory , personality , clinical psychology , dysthymic disorder , personality assessment inventory , personality disorders , developmental psychology , social psychology , major depressive disorder , mood
A personality‐based taxonomy of an out‐patient sample of 112 sexually abusive adolescents is described. Five subgroups were derived from cluster analytic procedures applied to Personality Patterns scales scores from the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI), and were named: Normal, Antisocial, Submissive, Dysthymic/Inhibited, and Dysthymic/Negativistic. The groups were also found to be differentiated on the psychopathology scales of the MACI. The results of the study provide evidence of the heterogeneity of adolescent sexual abusers in both personality characteristics and psychopathology. Comparison of groups differentiated on the basis of victim characteristics did not indicate a relationship between personality and sexual offence.