Lamontagne Y, Boyer R, Hétu C, Lacerte-Lamontagne C
Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal, Quebec.
Can J Psychiatry. 2000 Feb;45(1):63-6. doi: 10.1177/070674370004500109.
To evaluate the relationship among demographic data, anxiety, significant losses, depression, and irrational beliefs reported by first-offence shoplifters.
One hundred and six adult shoplifters who were first-time offenders completed a self-administered questionnaire.
Men and women were equally likely to be arrested for this offence. The majority of offenders were poor and unemployed. Depression, but not anxiety, was the most common psychiatric disorder associated with shoplifting. Subjects with depression presented the greatest number of irrational beliefs related to shoplifting.
The authors suggest 2 categories of shoplifters: those who shoplift through rational choice; and those for whom shoplifting is a response to depression or leads to the fulfillment of some psychological needs. In conclusion, shoplifting does not have a unitary motive, and the clinical implications are that the affective and cognitive aspects of shoplifters' behaviours must be taken into account.
评估初犯行窃者报告的人口统计学数据、焦虑、重大损失、抑郁和不合理信念之间的关系。
106名初犯成年行窃者完成了一份自填式问卷。
男性和女性因这种罪行被捕的可能性相同。大多数犯罪者贫穷且失业。抑郁而非焦虑是与行窃相关的最常见精神障碍。患有抑郁症的受试者表现出与行窃相关的不合理信念数量最多。
作者提出两类行窃者：一类是通过理性选择行窃的人；另一类是行窃是对抑郁的反应或导致某些心理需求得到满足的人。总之，行窃没有单一的动机，临床意义在于必须考虑行窃者行为的情感和认知方面。
