Cuomo Chiara, Sarchiapone Marco, Giannantonio Massimo Di, Mancini Michele, Roy Alec
University of Molise, Department of Health Sciences, Loc. Tappino,Campobasso, Italy.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008;34(3):339-45. doi: 10.1080/00952990802010884.
The aim of our study is then to analyze psychological and judicial features of a subgroup of inmates with substance abuse.
Prisoners with substance abuse (n = 312) were compared to prisoners without substance abuse (n = 591). Recruited inmates completed a semistructured interview for collection of sociodemographic and judicial data and a battery of psychometric tests for assessement of aggression, impulsivity, depression, personality traits, hostility, resilience, and childhood trauma.
Substance abusers had on average multiple incarcerations (78.8%), more juvenile convictions (60.2%), more violent behaviors during detention (29.8%), and a history of one or more suicide attempts (20.8%). They also had higher scores on subscales for childhood trauma, higher scores for psychoticism and neuroticism, higher impulsivity levels, worse resilience, increased hostility, and prevalent suicidal ideation.
Prisoners with substance abuse constitute a subgroup with increased judiciary and psychiatric issues, possibly due to early life history and psychological characteristics, such as high impulsivity and aggressiveness, poor resilience, and higher suicidal risk.
我们研究的目的是分析有药物滥用问题的在押人员亚组的心理和司法特征。
将有药物滥用问题的囚犯(n = 312)与无药物滥用问题的囚犯(n = 591)进行比较。招募的在押人员完成了一项半结构化访谈,以收集社会人口统计学和司法数据,并完成了一系列心理测量测试,以评估攻击性、冲动性、抑郁、人格特质、敌意、恢复力和童年创伤。
药物滥用者平均有多次监禁记录(78.8%)、更多的少年犯罪记录(60.2%)、拘留期间更多的暴力行为(29.8%)以及一次或多次自杀未遂史(20.8%)。他们在童年创伤分量表上的得分也更高,精神质和神经质得分更高,冲动性水平更高,恢复力更差,敌意增加,且普遍存在自杀意念。
有药物滥用问题的囚犯构成了一个司法和精神问题增多的亚组,这可能归因于早期生活经历和心理特征,如高冲动性和攻击性、恢复力差以及更高的自杀风险。