Department of Psychology, John Carroll University.
Department of Criminology, California State University, Fresno.
Psychol Assess. 2019 May;31(5):707-713. doi: 10.1037/pas0000682. Epub 2018 Dec 20.
Sexually violent predator (SVP) laws allow the postprison civil commitment of sex offenders to a secure psychiatric hospital because of mental abnormality and posing a serious risk to public safety. Research on predictors of future institutional violence in this population is lacking because adequately sized samples are difficult to obtain. In the current study, we examined psychological predictors of future institutional violence in a sample of 171 psychiatrically hospitalized males detained or civilly committed under an SVP laws. Using the Minnesota Multiphasic-Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011), we found that scales assessing thought dysfunction, emotional dysregulation, and externalizing behaviors were associated with future physical violence at the hospital. Relative risk ratio analyses indicated that SVPs producing elevations on these scales were at 1.5-2.5 times greater risk of future physical violence than those without elevations. Overall, the results suggest the Minnesota Multiphasic-Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form is associated with future institutional violence among SVPs. Implications and limitations of these findings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
性暴力犯罪者（SVP）法律允许将性犯罪者在服刑后民事安置在安全的精神病院，因为他们存在精神异常，并对公共安全构成严重威胁。由于难以获得足够大的样本，因此针对该人群未来机构暴力的预测因素的研究还很缺乏。在当前的研究中，我们检查了 171 名在 SVP 法律下被拘留或被民事收容的住院男性精神病患者的未来机构暴力的心理预测因素。使用明尼苏达多相人格问卷-2 重构形式（Ben-Porath & Tellegen，2008/2011），我们发现，评估思维功能障碍、情绪调节障碍和外化行为的量表与未来在医院的身体暴力有关。相对风险比分析表明，在这些量表上出现升高的 SVP 比没有升高的 SVP 未来发生身体暴力的风险高 1.5-2.5 倍。总体而言，结果表明明尼苏达多相人格问卷-2 重构形式与 SVP 未来的机构暴力有关。讨论了这些发现的意义和局限性。（APA 版权所有，2019）。
