Singhal S, Dutta A
Greaves Hall Hospital, Banks, Southport, Merseyside, UK.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1990 Jul;82(1):40-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb01352.x.
The authors studied 10 men charged with patricide, including 2 men charged with both patricide and matricide and compared them with 10 schizophrenic patients who did not commit any crime. Eight patients who committed patricide were diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenic illness and 2 patients received a diagnosis of personality-disorder. Seven schizophrenics who committed patricide and both personality-disordered patients had a cruel and unusual relationship with their father. All were single at the time of patricide. The EMBU inventory revealed fathers to be more punitive than mothers and fathers favoured siblings more than the patients. Mothers were more overprotective and tolerant than fathers. Patricide patients' fathers were more punitive and shaming than control patients' fathers, and control patients' fathers were more stimulating and depriving than patricide patients' fathers. Patricide patients' mothers were more overinvolved and tolerant than control patients' mothers. A sense of relief was felt following the patricide rather than remorse. In contrast, the majority of patients in the control group described their father and mother as kind and affectionate. The EMBU inventory did not reveal any significant difference between father and mother.
作者研究了10名被控弑父的男性，其中包括2名被控弑父及弑母的男性，并将他们与10名未犯罪的精神分裂症患者进行比较。8名弑父患者被诊断患有精神分裂症，2名患者被诊断为患有精神障碍。7名弑父的精神分裂症患者以及两名患有精神障碍的患者与他们的父亲关系恶劣且不同寻常。所有患者在弑父时均为单身。父母养育方式评价量表（EMBU）显示，父亲比母亲更具惩罚性，且父亲更偏爱兄弟姐妹而非患者。母亲比父亲更具过度保护欲和宽容心。弑父患者的父亲比对照组患者的父亲更具惩罚性和羞辱性，而对照组患者的父亲比弑父患者的父亲更具激励性和剥夺性。弑父患者的母亲比对照组患者的母亲更过度干涉且宽容。弑父后患者感到解脱而非懊悔。相比之下，对照组中的大多数患者形容他们的父亲和母亲和蔼可亲。父母养育方式评价量表未显示出父亲和母亲之间有任何显著差异。
