COMPARATIVE-DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF SIXTH INCARCERATED CRIMINALS UTILIZING THE VARIABLES OF PERSONALITY AS MEASURED BY THE SIXTEEN PERSONALITY FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE, READING SCORES, AGE, TIME IN PRISON & DISCIPLINARY ACTION

• NCJ Number: 18921
• Author(s): J I Walter
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 103 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Annotation

IDENTIFIES AND COMPARES PERSONALITY FACTORS OF A SAMPLE GROUP OF 60 PRISONERS INCARCERATED IN DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER, ELMORE, ALABAMA.

Abstract

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY AND COMPARE PERSONALITY FACTORS, AS MEASURED BY THE SIXTEEN PERSONALITY FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE-FORM A, OF A SAMPLE GROUP OF 60 PRISONERS INCARCERATED IN DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER, ELMORE, ALABAMA. THE VARIABLES OF READING SCORES, AGE, TIME IN PRISON AND NUMBER OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS WERE ALSO USED TO DETERMINE DIFFERENCES AMONG THE PRISONERS. THE TOTAL SAMPLE GROUP WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR SUBGROUPS OF 15 SUBJECTS EACH OF STUDENT FIRST OFFENDERS, STUDENT RECIDIVISTS, NON-STUDENT FIRST OFFENDERS AND NON-STUDENT RECIDIVISTS. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND AMONG THE FOUR DRAPER SUB-GROUPS ON THE FOLLOWING SCALE - INTELLIGENCE, AFFECTED BY FEELINGS-EMOTIONALLY STABLE, HUMBLE-ASSERTIVE, TOUGH MINDED-TENDER MINDED, TRUSTING-SUSPICIOUS AND RELAXEDTENSE. NO SIGINIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND ON SCALES BETWEEN STUDENTS VERSUS NON-STUDENTS NOR BETWEEN FIRST OFFENDERS VERSUS RECIDIVISTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)