Brazão Nélio, Rijo Daniel, da Silva Diana Ribeiro, do Céu Salvador Maria, Pinto-Gouveia José
Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
J Pers Disord. 2021 Feb;35(1):84-113. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2019_33_424. Epub 2019 Apr 15.
This study consisted of secondary data analysis of information collected from inmates who had participated in an earlier independent randomized controlled trial testing the effects of the Growing Pro-Social (GPS) program. The current study assessed personality disorders as moderators of the GPS effects in cognitive malfunctioning, emotion regulation strategies, and prison misconduct in male prison inmates. Participants were 254 inmates randomly assigned to either the GPS ( = 121) or the control group ( = 133). Participants completed self-report measures at four time points, and were interviewed with the SCID-II at baseline. Prison misconduct information was collected from prison records. Latent profile analysis identified four different personality pathology profiles. Mixed ANOVAs showed non-significant time × condition × personality pathology profiles effects, indicating that change on the outcome measures was not affected by personality pathology. Findings suggested that severely disturbed inmates could benefit from the GPS program, which stresses the need to provide appropriate treatment to offenders.
本研究包括对参与早期一项独立随机对照试验的囚犯所收集信息进行二次数据分析，该试验测试了亲社会成长（GPS）项目的效果。当前研究评估了人格障碍作为GPS项目在男性监狱囚犯认知功能障碍、情绪调节策略和监狱不当行为方面效果的调节因素。参与者为254名囚犯，他们被随机分配到GPS组（n = 121）或对照组（n = 133）。参与者在四个时间点完成了自我报告测量，并在基线时接受了SCID-II访谈。监狱不当行为信息从监狱记录中收集。潜在剖面分析确定了四种不同的人格病理剖面。混合方差分析显示时间×条件×人格病理剖面效应不显著，表明结果测量的变化不受人格病理的影响。研究结果表明，严重扰乱的囚犯可以从GPS项目中受益，这强调了为罪犯提供适当治疗的必要性。
