University of Otavalo, Dirección de Posgrados y Carrera de Derecho, Otavalo, Ecuador; The Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center at University of Granada (CIMCYC-UGR), Spain.
Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, University of Granada (UGR), Spain; The Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center at University of Granada (CIMCYC-UGR), Spain.
J Psychiatr Res. 2021 Jun;138:467-476. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.04.042. Epub 2021 Apr 30.
The reduction of misconduct levels and its prevention are two important objectives in prison settings, for which several strategies and control mechanisms are implemented.
We explore the relationship between a set of socio-demographic, judicial, affective, and personality characteristics and various expressions of aggression.
An Ecuadorian sample of 675 sentenced male prisoners was assessed using the Spanish adaptation of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). Three subscales of the PAI were used as outcome measures: Aggressive Attitude (AGG-A), Verbal Aggression (AGG-V), and Physical Aggression (AGG-P).
Using path analysis, three models were obtained, each of which had four indicators. Borderline personality features and antisocial personality features emerged as indicators that were common to the three models. Anxiety-related disorders and non-support were indicators specific to AGG-A, whilst schizophrenia and non-support were indicators of AGG-V, and drug problems and crimes against property were indicators of AGG-P.
This study indicates that each expression of aggression has a different structure, which suggests its usefulness for detecting the tendency of an inmate to predominantly express one form of aggression or another.
减少不当行为的水平及其预防是监狱环境中的两个重要目标，为此实施了几种策略和控制机制。
我们探讨了一组社会人口学、司法、情感和人格特征与各种攻击表现之间的关系。
使用人格评估量表（PAI）的西班牙语改编版，对 675 名被判刑的厄瓜多尔男性囚犯进行了评估。PAI 的三个分量表用作结果测量：攻击态度（AGG-A）、言语攻击（AGG-V）和身体攻击（AGG-P）。
使用路径分析，得到了三个模型，每个模型都有四个指标。边缘性人格特征和反社会人格特征是三个模型共有的指标。焦虑相关障碍和不支持是 AGG-A 的指标，而精神分裂症和不支持是 AGG-V 的指标，药物问题和财产犯罪是 AGG-P 的指标。
本研究表明，每种攻击表现都有不同的结构，这表明它有助于检测囚犯主要表现出一种攻击形式或另一种攻击形式的倾向。
