Impulsiveness, Impulsive Aggression, Personality Disorder, and Spousal Violence

Edwards, Daniel W.; Scott, Charles L.; Yarvis, Richard M.; Paizis, Cheryl L; Panizzon, Matthew S.

doi:10.1891/vivi.2003.18.1.3

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“…Logan and Blackburn found that women condemned for violent crimes, with higher degree of violence involved, were more likely to be diagnosed with BDP, in a sample of 95 women incarcerated, those diagnosed with BPD were four times more likely to have been associated with violent offenses [22]. BDP appears to be a parameter for predicting violence [23], present study confirms that BDP is more represented in women of the sample.…”

Section: Personality Disorders Role In Criminal Behaviorssupporting

confidence: 72%

Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Giannetakis¹

2017

J Forensic Res

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Female Violent OffendersWomen are relatively less likely to be associated With a violent behavior and culturally they still benefit of a stereotype of being characterized by nurturing, mothering and caring, indeed when women commit violent crimes society tends to associate this behavior to a mental health problem rather than to a predisposition or a will to commit a violence Violence is less likely to be associated with female figures rather is strongly associated to male figures. Truth is that "violence is a universal pattern of living organisms. All organisms fight to eat and against being eaten" [1], women are able to act aggressively as their male counterparts. In western countries women who kill are on average 10% of murderers. In Italy women represented in the prison system account for about the 5.4% and specifically 2% of homicidal prisoners acquitted and condemned [2].Female violent offenders are an understudied population [3], previous researches focused on typologies of victims of women such as children or partners, domestic context within crime happened or the correlation with psychiatric disorders [4][5][6]. Researchers demonstrated that women also injure their victims to achieve control [7,8], in terms of motivation to commit the offense, women kill mostly in self-defense or the offence is related to an economical factor or to jealousy [9]. PersonalityPersonality could be described as set of characteristics that derive from psychic dynamics that express in behavioral features as a product of the constellations of normal or pathological elements. Personality is a set of distinct and distinctive thoughts, emotions, behaviors that define the personal style with which the individual interacts with the physical and social environment [10].There is no universally accepted definition of personality; the term is used very broadly and in different theoretical constructs. Personality is not a phenomenon clearly defined, according to Kluckhohn & Murray "every person is like all other persons, like some other persons, and like no other person", individuals are organically integrated systems within the psychological domain this intrinsic cohesion is not just a construct but a substantial unity that is personality [11]. Disorders of personality are described in negative terms, Individuals with personality disorders have traits that influence their perception of feelings toward the environment altering their behaviour. Differential patterns in personality have been explored extensively, present study applies the theoretical frame of personology developed by Millon [12]. Socio-biology explores the interface between human functioning and Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi Paola Giannetakis * Department of Criminology and Applied Behavioral Analysis, Link Campus University, Rome, Italy AbstractViolent offending is the result of the combination of personality, cognitive and emotional elements that shape interpersonal styles. Violent aggression is a form of interpersonal interaction in whic...

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Section: Personality Disorders Role In Criminal Behaviorssupporting

confidence: 72%

Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Giannetakis¹

2017

J Forensic Res

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“…Interestingly, in a study with a sample of men in treatment for intimate partner violence it was reported that 40% had partners who initiated the violence (Gondolf, 1996). In humans, perpetration of intimate partner violence has been related to personality disorders in men (Edwards et al, 2003), and more recently in women (Walsh et al, 2010). Furthermore, exposure to childhood trauma increases the risk to develop both, personality disorders and intimate partner violence (Beauchaine et al, 2009).…”

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Long-term programming of enhanced aggression by peripuberty stress in female rats

Cordero

Ansermet

Sandi

2013

Psychoneuroendocrinology

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Summary Human literature has linked adverse early life experiences with an increased risk to develop violent behaviors in both boys and girls. We have previously shown that male rats submitted to stress during the peripuberty period display as adults abnormal aggressive behavior against both male intruders and female partners. In the present study, we examined whether the same stress protocol would affect the development of aggressive behaviors in female rats. We evaluated the behavior of these peripuberty stressed female rats when confronted, at adulthood, with either female or male intruders, and during their cohabitation with male partners. Given that estrus cycle influences mood and aggressive behaviors, female aggressive behavior was assessed at different estrus cycle phases: estrus and diestrus, and during pregnancy and lactancy. Additionally, we evaluated postpartum plasma levels of vasopressin, oxytocin and corticosterone, hormones associated with aggression and the regulation of social behavior. Compared to control females, females submitted to stressful events during puberty exhibited higher and more sustained rates of aggression during adulthood independently on the estrus cycle or the sex of the intruder, and they had higher levels of plasma vasopressin. Significant correlations between plasma levels of vasopressin and corticosterone and aggressive behavior were also found. Strikingly, our results showed opposite intragroup correlations suggesting a different role of these hormones on aggression depending on life experiences. We provide here an animal model, devoid of cultural influences strongly supporting a role for biological factors in the development of aggressive behaviors following exposure to stressful events at puberty in females. #

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“…Aggression has been associated with a variety of psychopathologies, particularly with certain personality disorders such as antisocial and borderline [Edwards et al, 2003;Berman et al, 1998]. A recent study of the therapeutic effects of anticonvulsant drugs on impulsive aggression in a male community sample revealed that 24 out of 29 impulsive aggressors met diagnostic criteria for a DSM-IV-TR Axis II personality disorder at intake [antisocial: n = 17; borderline: n = 3; obsessive compulsive: n = 2; narcissistic: n = 1; paranoid: n = 1; Stanford et al, 2005].…”

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confidence: 99%

Personality and psychopathology in an impulsive aggressive college sample

Helfritz

Stanford

2005

Aggr. Behav.

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Certain personality traits have been associated with impulsive aggression in both college and community samples, primarily irritability, anger/hostility, and impulsivity. The literature regarding the psychopathology associated with impulsive aggression is relatively sparse and strongly emphasizes DSM-IV-TR [APA, 2000] Axis II personality disorders, although some comorbidity with Axis I clinical disorders has been reported. The current study compares impulsive aggressive (IA) college students with their nonaggressive peers on several self-report measures of personality and psychopathology. Personality results were as predicted, with IAs scoring higher than controls on measures of impulsivity and aggression. Additionally, the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI), which was given for exploratory purposes, revealed a unique pattern of psychopathic traits in impulsive aggression that contained key differences from the callous-unemotional profile seen in premeditated aggression. Contrary to our hypothesis that a specific pattern of psychopathology (personality disorders, bipolar disorder, and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) would emerge for impulsive aggression, IAs scored significantly higher than controls on nearly every clinical scale of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI;

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Impulsiveness, Impulsive Aggression, Personality Disorder, and Spousal Violence

Cited by 75 publications

References 9 publications

Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Long-term programming of enhanced aggression by peripuberty stress in female rats

Personality and psychopathology in an impulsive aggressive college sample

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