This study analyzed the relationship between the OF functioning of 100 incarcerated male offenders and their psychopathy symptoms. The study's rejected hypothesis had predicted a significant relationship between measures of OF functioning and the Defective Affective Experience (DAE) and Impulsive and Irresponsible Behavioral Style (IIB) factors of the Cooke and Michie (2001) three-factor model of psychopathy. Regression analysis failed to demonstrate a relationship between OF functioning and the DAE and IIB factors. Group differences on OF functioning were not demonstrated between participants in the upper and lower quartiles of a summed DAE and IIB factor score. A general role for OF functioning in criminal behavior was suggested as two OF measures accounted for 14.9% of the variance of criminal convictions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc4280 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Wodushek, Thomas R. |
| Contributors | Harrell, Ernest, Neumann, Craig S., Rogers, Richard, 1950-, Quinn, James |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Wodushek, Thomas, R., Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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