Psychopathy, the Big Five and empathy as predictors of violence in a forensic sample of substance abusers

Nigel, Stefanie; Dudeck, Manuela; Otte, Stefanie; Knauer, Karoline; Klein, Verena; Böttcher, Titus; Maaß, Christina; Vasić, Nenad; Streb, Judith

doi:10.1080/14789949.2018.1439993

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“…This finding highlights the contribution that vocational interventions (e.g., career counseling) could have in mitigating recidivism risk, as was noted from the profiles identified for adult incarcerated males by Ternes et al (2019). It also underscores the importance of personality differences that impact decision-making with respect to engaging in future antisocial activity (Nigel et al, 2018;van goozen et al, 2007). For instance, personality characteristics such as inflated self-esteem, poor frustration tolerance, and inadequate feelings of guilt, are traits within the yLS/CMI that have been related to increased risk of recidivism in justice-involved youth (Onifade et al, 2008).…”

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Criminogenic Need Profiles Among Substance-Using Justice-Involved Youth

Somma¹,

Rizeq

Skilling

2021

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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The relationship between juvenile offending and substance use is well-documented. Understanding this relationship in the context of other criminogenic needs could lead to more effective treatment programming, in an effort to reduce future justice system involvement. This study retrospectively classified 276 substance-using youth in the justice system into unique profiles based on the nature and severity of self-reported substance use and criminogenic needs. We tested competing latent profile analysis (LPA) models with a variable number of profiles. A four-profile model was optimal and included: (a) clinical drug and alcohol use with high criminogenic needs; (b) borderline-clinical drug use with low criminogenic needs; (c) clinical drug use with high criminogenic needs; and (d) clinical drug use with low to moderate criminogenic needs. Profiles demonstrated unique patterns of demographic and clinical factors, index offense, and rates of recidivism. Clinical implications for justice-involved youth with substance abuse are discussed, particularly related to treatment needs/services.

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confidence: 53%

Criminogenic Need Profiles Among Substance-Using Justice-Involved Youth

Somma¹,

Rizeq

Skilling

2021

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…In sum, this review adds to the growing literature in the field of crime-related studies and improves our understanding regarding how personality traits escalate the risk of engaging in criminal activities. Substantial empirical research performed by Gatner et al, (2016) [7] and Nigel et al (2018) [8] suggested that psychopathy is a robust predictor of criminal behaviour, mainly focusing on instrumental violence. Furthermore, many scholars agree that instrumental violence among psychopathic offenders is significantly determined by the affective traits of psychopathy.…”

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“…The term "psychopathy" is commonly used in the global literature on both empirical and theoretical grounds. Psychopathy is a clinical construct associated with emotional and behavioural disturbance, which are considered important risk factors for criminal and antisocial behaviour, criminal recidivism, sexual recidivism, and instrumental violence [7][8][9][10].…”

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“…Most of the research concerning the measurement of psychopathy has employed Hare's Psychopathy Checklist (now the Hare's Psychopathy Checklist-Revised) as the main psychological assessment tool to identify the presence of psychopathic traits in an individual [8]. An individual who scores high for the psychopathy measure (usually > 30 on the PCL-R) is more likely to be short-tempered, irresponsible, egocentric, callous, display superficial charm, frequently violates social norms/values, and be unable to empathise [4,6,7,11].…”

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“…As such, individuals with psychopathic traits begin their criminal activities at a young age and continue to engage in antisocial behaviour throughout their lives [15]. In addition, myriad research outputs from the psychiatry, criminology, neuroscience, and psychology fields of study have shown that psychopathic personality traits are associated with serious juvenile offenders and adult criminals since these individuals are unable to process cues of punishment and rewards [5,6,8,16,17]. Moreover, recent neurocognitive findings unveiled that abnormalities in the amygdala (connected regions of the orbitofrontal cortex) may result in impaired decision making and social functioning, resulting in higher possibilities of engagement in antisocial behaviour [16].…”

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The Link between Individual Personality Traits and Criminality: A Systematic Review

Tharshini

Ibrahim

Kamaluddin

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In addition to social and environmental factors, individual personality traits have intricately linked with maladaptive behaviour. Thus, the purpose of this article was to review the link between individual personality traits and criminality. A systematic review was conducted to obtain information regarding the link between individual personality traits with criminal behaviour in the Sage, Web of Science, APA PsycNet, Wiley Online Library, and PubMed databases. The results indicate that individual personality traits that contribute towards criminality are (i) psychopathy; (ii) low self-control; and (iii) difficult temperament. As an overall impact, the review is expected to provide in-depth understanding of the link between individual personality traits and criminality; hence, greater consideration will be given to the dimension of personality as a notable risk factor of criminal behaviour.

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Personality and demographic characteristics of parents who occasionally use psychoactive substances

Ne’eman-Haviv

Wilchek‐Aviad

2022

Int J Psychol

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A lthough parenting is considered a turning point that reduces non-normative behaviours, some parents choose to occasionally continue using various drugs. The present study examines the personality and demographic characteristics of these parents by comparing three parent groups: those who do not use at all, those who use only cannabis and those who use other substances. Three self-report quantitative questionnaires: Demographic, Patterns of use of psychoactive substances and the Big Five Personality traits questionnaire, were administered to 627 parents. The findings show that the proportion of unmarried and secular men is higher in the group of parents who use substances. They also were found to be younger and less educated than the other parent's groups. We examined the parents' personality characteristics using the Big Five model and found that parents who use substances occasionally exhibit higher levels of extraversion and openness to experiences, and lower levels of conscience. The differences found in the characteristics of parents who use cannabis to those who use other substances, indicate the normativeness of cannabis use among parents, and reflect the need for intervention programs among parents who use substances, which may have a great influence on drug use among their children.

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Psychopathy, the Big Five and empathy as predictors of violence in a forensic sample of substance abusers

Cited by 10 publications

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Criminogenic Need Profiles Among Substance-Using Justice-Involved Youth

Criminogenic Need Profiles Among Substance-Using Justice-Involved Youth

The Link between Individual Personality Traits and Criminality: A Systematic Review

Personality and demographic characteristics of parents who occasionally use psychoactive substances

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