MMPI (MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY) PROFILE TYPES OF EXPOSERS, RAPISTS, AND ASSAULTERS IN A COURT SERVICES POPULATION

• NCJ Number: 46303
• Journal: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Volume: 45 Issue: 1 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1977) Pages: 61-69
• Author(s): C M Rader
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: American Psychological Assoc
• Sale Source: University of Minnesota
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY (MMPI) PROFILES OF 36 EXPOSERS, 47 RAPISTS, AND 46 ASSAULTERS REFERRED TO HENNEPIN COUNTY (MINN.) COURT SERVICES ARE COMPARED.

Abstract

MEN WHO COMMITTED OFFENSES INVOLVING BOTH VIOLENCE AND SEX (RAPISTS) EXHIBIT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE THAN MEN COMMITTING OFFENSES INVOLVING ONLY SEX (EXPOSERS) OR ONLY VIOLENCE (ASSAULTERS). IN COMPARISON TO EXPOSERS, RAPISTS SHOW MORE BIZARRE MENTATION, SOMATIC CONCERNS, DEPRESSION, REPRESSION, DENIAL, AGGRESSION, ANGER, HOSTILITY, ACTING OUT, AND SUSPICIOUSNESS. IN COMPARISON TO ASSAULTERS, RAPISTS ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE HOSTILE, AGGRESSIVE, AND ANXIOUS, AND APPEAR TO ENGAGE IN MORE BIZARRE MENTATION. THE GROUP PROFILE FOR RAPISTS SUGGESTS THAT THEY ARE APT TO APPEAR IRRITABLE, HOSTILE, ANGRY, SUSPICIOUS, AND SOMEWHAT DEPRESSED AND ANXIOUS, AND ARE LIKELY TO ACT OUT IN SELF-DEFEATING WAYS. EXHIBITIONISTS TEND TO BE MILDLY NONCONFORMING INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE HISTORY OF MINOR RUN-INS WITH SOCIETAL NORMS. ASSAULTERS MAY BE CHARACTERIZED AS REBELLIOUS, RESENTFUL, AND NONCONFORMING INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOW DEFICITS IN PLANNING AND FORESIGHT. THE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT RAPISTS AND ASSAULTERS, BUT NOT EXHIBITIONISTS, MAY BE CHARACTERIZED AS DISTURBED. SUPPORTING DATA AND A LIST OF REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (LKM)