NCJ Number
140319
Journal
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1992) Pages: 101-114
Date Published
1992
Length
14 pages
Annotation
Retrospective data on 171 male inmates housed in the Louisiana correctional system were used to study the burnout phenomenon of the antisocial personality disorder. Seventy- eight of the subjects were assigned to the antisocial group based on their scores on the Psychopathic Deviate scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; the remaining 93 subjects were assigned to the control, non-antisocial group.
Abstract
The two groups were each divided into three subgroups according to age. After the data were collected, three different analyses were performed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Significant differences were found between the antisocial and the non-antisocial group and between the two subgroups of the antisocial category. Further statistical analysis was used to pinpoint the significant differences obtained; while the differences were not identified for the first analysis, they were found to lie between the youngest and oldest subgroups of the antisocial category. T-tests were used to test the differences in means between the antisocial and non-antisocial subjects matched by age; no statistical difference was found. Further research is needed to develop valid and reliable instruments to measure psychopathy and to gather more empirical data on the burnout phenomenon in antisocial persons outside of prison. 29 references and 2 appendixes