Marono Abbie, Clarke David D, Navarro Joe, Keatley David A
Researchers in Behaviour Sequence Analysis (ReBSA), Psychology Department, University of Lincoln, UK.
ReBSA, Psychology Department, University of Nottingham, UK.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2017 May 5;24(5):730-744. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2017.1308783. eCollection 2017.
Despite difficulties in interpretation, nonverbal communication is especially important in forensic settings, such as police investigations. Three distinct clusters of personality disorders have been outlined as being associated with criminal behaviour. Understanding the similarities and differences between these personality clusters and nonverbal communication could help investigators look for key signs of psychological distress or deception. The current research proposes a novel approach to nonverbal communication: behaviour sequence analysis (BSA). An application of this approach is outlined to investigate whether criminals with different personality types are better at concealing emotions and nonverbal communication when being interrogated. The results indicate that while sequences are generally similar across clusters, individuals from different personality clusters exhibit unique patterns. This research provides an initial step towards a new area of nonverbal communication research and application, which could be used in future research to highlight increased possibility of deception or concealment of emotion.
尽管在解读方面存在困难，但非言语交流在诸如警方调查等法医环境中尤为重要。已概述了三种不同的人格障碍集群与犯罪行为相关。了解这些人格集群与非言语交流之间的异同，有助于调查人员寻找心理困扰或欺骗的关键迹象。当前的研究提出了一种非言语交流的新方法：行为序列分析（BSA）。概述了该方法的一种应用，以调查不同人格类型的罪犯在接受讯问时是否更善于隐藏情绪和非言语交流。结果表明，虽然各集群的行为序列总体相似，但来自不同人格集群的个体表现出独特的模式。这项研究为非言语交流研究和应用的新领域迈出了第一步，可用于未来的研究，以突出欺骗或隐藏情绪的可能性增加。
