NCJ Number
107388
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 31 Issue: 2 Dated: (1987) Pages: 137-141
Date Published
1987
Length
5 pages
Annotation
The demographic, psychiatric/criminal background, and personality correlates of institutional (prison) adjustment were derived in a sample of 51 emotionally disturbed military offenders and cross-validated in a sample of 52 emotionally disturbed Federal inmates.
Abstract
The psychiatric and criminal history measures included past psychiatric hospitalizations, previous outpatient psychiatric contact, family psychiatric history, a Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview (PDI) diagnosis of schizophrenia, and a PDI diagnosis of antisocial personality. The personality measures used were the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The demographic correlates included age, education, race, and marital status. Prison adjustment, disciplinary adjustment, and vocational/social adjustment. Results indicate that only two correlates or predictors of institutional adjustment were successfully cross-validated across samples; the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory F scale and a behavioral rating of conceptual disorganization both predicted poor emotional adjustment. Implications of these findings with reference to past research results are discussed. 1 table and 5 references. (Author abstract modified)