Wright L
J Clin Psychol. 1976 Jan;32(1):41-5. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(197601)32:1<41::aid-jclp2270320110>3.0.co;2-r.
Thirteen parents convicted in court of battering their children and 13 matched controls were administered a battery of personality tests, with significant differences obtained on 5 of 21 study variables. Battering parents appeared healthier on those instruments based on content validity, where the social desirability of the items is more obvious. They appeared more disturbed (i.e., psychopathic) on items based on concurrent or statistical validity. It was concluded that battering parents were psychopathically disturbed, but whenever possible presented a distorted picture of themselves as healthy and unlikely to abuse their children. This tendency has been labeled the "sick but slick syndrome."
13名被法庭判定殴打子女的父母以及13名配对的对照组人员接受了一系列人格测试，在21个研究变量中有5个变量获得了显著差异。基于内容效度的那些测试工具显示，殴打子女的父母看起来更健康，在这些工具中项目的社会期望性更为明显。而基于同时效度或统计效度的项目上，他们看起来更失常（即有精神病态）。研究得出结论，殴打子女的父母有精神病态方面的失常，但只要有可能，他们就会呈现出一幅歪曲的自身形象，即看起来健康且不太可能虐待自己的孩子。这种倾向被称为“病态却圆滑综合征”。
