Psychiatry Investig.
2017 Mar;14(2):166-171. 10.4306/pi.2017.14.2.166.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Characteristics of Parricide Offenders with Schizophrenia in Korea
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, National Forensic Hospital, Gongju, Republic of Korea.
- 2Department of Psychology, College of Social Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea. paperose@dku.edu
- 3Sex Offenders and Treatment Center, National Forensic Hospital, Gongju, Republic of Korea.
- 4Lab of Psychology, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
- 5Department of Forensic Psychology, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
- KMID: 2371796
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4306/pi.2017.14.2.166
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
This study aims to examine the personality characteristics in parricide offenders, by using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test, which is commonly used in clinical medicine.
METHODS
A total of 73 parricide offenders with schizophrenia who were admitted to National Forensic Hospital in Gongju city between September 2014 and February 2015, and 104 comparison schizophrenia patients who had been admitted to Dankook University Hospital in Cheonan city the same hospital, completed the Korean version of the MMPI.
RESULTS
The parricide offender group showed significantly higher on L, F, Hs, Hy and Pd than the comparison group. The result of the regression analysis indicated that Pd and Si significantly increased the odd ratio of the sexual offender group by 2.77 times and 0.32 times, respectively (p=0.029 and p=0.023). The offenders of parricide may have developed the following characteristics: hypochondriasis, hysteria and psychopathic deviate.
CONCLUSION
These results suggested that the psychopatholgy in the offenders of parricide might be different, compared to the control group.
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