Clinical Psychology Unit, University of Sheffield, UK.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2012 Jan;25(1):50-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00648.x. Epub 2011 Sep 26.
Because of a lack of research investigating empathy in sex offenders with intellectual disabilities, this study explored empathy in sex offenders and non-offenders with intellectual disabilities. Specific aims were to explore differences between these groups on measures of the components of empathy.
The scores of 21 sex-offenders and 21 non-offenders with intellectual disabilities, matched by age, gender and IQ, were compared on the Test of Emotional Perception.
No differences were found between the two groups across the components of empathy. However, sex offenders who had received treatment performed better on tasks of emotion recognition, emotion replication and response decision than the non-offenders.
Further research is needed to understand empathy in sex offenders with intellectual disabilities before any recommendations can be made regarding treatment programmes.
由于缺乏对智障性犯罪者同理心的研究,本研究探讨了智障性犯罪者和非犯罪者的同理心。具体目的是探讨这些群体在同理心组成部分的测量上的差异。
将 21 名性犯罪者和 21 名智力障碍非犯罪者的分数,按年龄、性别和智商相匹配,在情感感知测试上进行比较。
两组在同理心的组成部分上没有差异。然而,接受过治疗的性犯罪者在情绪识别、情绪复制和反应决策任务上的表现优于非犯罪者。
在提出任何关于治疗方案的建议之前,需要进一步研究智障性犯罪者的同理心,以了解其同理心。