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Psychosocial modifiers of psychopathology for domestically violent and nonviolent men. Psychol Rep 1994 Feb;74(1):112-4

Date

02/01/1994

Pubmed ID

8153199

DOI

10.2466/pr0.1994.74.1.112

Abstract

Personality characteristics of 99 domestically violent and 71 nonviolent men were studied, using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and controlling for premorbid history. Men with poor premorbid backgrounds from 3 groups (ns = 66, 12, and 23) showed more elevations on the Millon inventory than men with good premorbid backgrounds (ns = 33, 20, and 48). However, over-all, batterers showed more Millon elevations than nonviolent men. These findings point to the need to control psychosocial variables when studying personality characteristics of batterers.

Author List

Hastings JE, Hamberger LK

Author

L Kevin Hamberger PhD Professor in the Family Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Conflict (Psychology)
Gender Identity
Humans
Male
Personality Disorders
Personality Inventory
Problem Solving
Psychometrics
Spouse Abuse
Violence