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Narcissism but Not Criminality Is Associated With Aggression in Women: A Study Among Female Prisoners and Women Without a Criminal Record

Narcissism but Not Criminality Is Associated With Aggression in Women: A Study Among Female Prisoners and Women Without a Criminal Record

Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10: 21. Published online 2019 Feb 1. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00021 PMCID: PMC6375288 PMID: 30792668 Georgia Kalemi, Ioannis Michopoulos, Vasiliki Efstathiou, Foteini Konstantopoulou, Domna Tsaklakidou, Rossetos Gournellis, and Athanassios Douzenis* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Abstract Aggression has drawn research attention during the past decades. It remains unclear how self-esteem, self-perception, narcissism and certain socio-demographic factors impact the course of aggression. Female aggression is considered to differ in its origins and is understudied. Only few studies…

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The role of Impulsivity in Antisocial and violent behavior and personality disorders among incarcerated women

The role of Impulsivity in Antisocial and violent behavior and personality disorders among incarcerated women

IRINA KOMAROVSKAYA ANN BOOKER LOPER JANET WARREN University of Virginia   This study investigated the relationships among impulsivity, antisocial and violent behavior, and personality disorders in 590 female inmates of a maximum-security female prison. Measures included the Barratt Impulsivity Scale, Prison Violence Inventory, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders Screening Questionnaire, numbers of institutional infractions recorded in inmate files, and violent versus nonviolent offending. Results showed that impulsivity was associated with personality psychopathology and aggressive and antisocial behavior. In…

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The role of impulsivity in antisocial and violent behaviour and personality disorders among incarcerated women.

The role of impulsivity in antisocial and violent behaviour and personality disorders among incarcerated women.

  IRINA KOMAROVSKAYA ANN BOOKER LOPER JANET WARREN University of Virginia This study investigated the relationships among impulsivity, antisocial and violent behavior, and personality disorders in 590 female inmates of a maximum-security female prison. Measures included the Barratt Impulsivity Scale, Prison Violence Inventory, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders Screening Questionnaire, numbers of institutional infractions recorded in inmate files, and violent versus nonviolent offending. Results showed that impulsivity was associated with personality psychopathology and aggressive and antisocial behavior. In…

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