Alm P O, af Klinteberg B, Humble K, Leppert J, Sörensen S, Tegelman R, Thorell L H, Lidberg L
Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Family Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1996 Aug;94(2):112-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09834.x.
Levels of triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), psychopathy-related personality traits and criminality from the age of 15 years onward were examined in 70 former juvenile delinquents and 35 control subjects aged 38-46 years. T3 levels were significantly associated with criminality but not with psychopathy-related personality traits. TSH levels were not related to any of these variables. Juvenile delinquents who displayed persistent criminal behaviour were found to have higher mean T3 levels than juvenile delinquents who did not display criminality in adulthood and non-criminal controls. Former juvenile delinquents with T3 levels above the mean level found in the controls were registered for criminality 3.8 times more often than juvenile delinquents with T3 levels below the mean level found in the control group. The results are discussed in terms of elevated T3 levels representing a compensatory or stress phenomenon for low social adaptive ability of individuals who display persistent criminal behaviour.
对70名曾有少年犯罪记录的人和35名年龄在38 - 46岁的对照对象进行了检查，以了解他们从15岁起的三碘甲状腺原氨酸（T3）水平、促甲状腺激素（TSH）水平、与精神病态相关的人格特质以及犯罪情况。T3水平与犯罪显著相关，但与精神病态相关的人格特质无关。TSH水平与这些变量均无关联。发现表现出持续犯罪行为的少年犯的平均T3水平高于成年后未表现出犯罪行为的少年犯和非犯罪对照对象。T3水平高于对照组平均水平的前少年犯被登记为犯罪的频率是T3水平低于对照组平均水平的少年犯的3.8倍。研究结果从T3水平升高代表表现出持续犯罪行为的个体社会适应能力低下的一种代偿或应激现象的角度进行了讨论。
