DESCRIPTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRONICALLY OVERCONTROLLED HOSTILE PRISONERS

• NCJ Number: 32167
• Journal: FCI RESEARCH REPORTS Volume: 3 Issue: 3 Dated: (1971) Pages: COMPLETE ISSUE
• Author(s): H J HAVEN
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 40 pages
• Grant Number(s): NJ 18468-01; MH 18468-02
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Florida State University
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DOCTORAL DISSERTATION - FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Annotation

STUDY OF THE VAILIDTY OF THE THEORY DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE OVERCONTROLLED AND UNDERCONTROLLED PERSONALITY TYPES, THE DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE TYPES, AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL BACKGROUND OF EACH.

Abstract

TWO GROUPS OF INCARCERATED YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS WERE CHOSEN TO MEET CRITERIA FOR CHRONICALLY OVERCONTROLLED HOSTILE TYPES AND UNDERCONTROLLED AGGRESSIVE TYPES AS MEASURED BY THE MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY'S OVERCONTROLLED HOSTILITY SCALE. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT OVERCONTROLLED SUBJECT WOULD SCORE HIGHER ON ALL SCALES EXCEPT AGGRESSIVENESS, AUTHORITY CONFLICT AND POOR SOCIALIZATION. ON THESE LAST THREE SCALES, IT WAS PREDICTED THAT OVERCONTROLLED SUBJECTS WOULD SCORE LOWER. IN ADDITION, IT WAS PREDICTED THAT OVERCONTROLLED SUBJECTS WOULD HAVE MORE FAVORABLE ATTITUDE-TOWARD-PARENT SCALES THAN WOULD UNDERCONTROLLED SUBJECTS. THE RESULTS OF ALL 10 OF THE INTERVIEW SCALES WERE IN THE PREDICTED DIRECTION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)