Anxiety and mood (대한불안의학회지)

Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders (대한불안의학회)
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MMPI Characteristics of the Sexual Offender

성적 가해자에서 MMPI 특성

  • Kim, Hyun-Sic (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Lim, Myung-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Do, Jin-A (Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Dankook Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Woo (Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, Ministry of Justice) ;
  • An, Jin-Hyung (Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, Ministry of Justice) ;
  • Lee, Tae-Jun (Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, Ministry of Justice) ;
  • Paik, Ki-Chung (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
  • 김현식 (단국대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 임명호 (단국대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 도진아 (단국대학교병원 임상심리실) ;
  • 이재우 (국립법무병원) ;
  • 안진형 (국립법무병원) ;
  • 이태준 (국립법무병원) ;
  • 백기청 (단국대학교 의과대학 정신건강의학교실)
  • Received : 2012.02.08
  • Accepted : 2012.04.16
  • Published : 2012.04.30
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Abstract

Objectives : The current study investigated the personality characteristics of the sexual offender using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test commonly used in clinical medicine. Methods : 30 sexual offenders (30 male) completed the Korean version of the MMPI. 20 of the 30 sexual offenders were patients with paraphilia. The sexual offenders had been admitted to the Institute of Forensic Psychiatry Ministry of Justice, Gongju, for sexual violence. Results : The MMPI scores of the sexual offenders were significantly higher on the psychopathic deviate (Pd), masculinity-feminity (Mf), paranoia (Pa), psychasthenia (Pt), schizophrenia (Sc) than the comparison group. And The MMPI scores of the sexual offenders had higher values for hypochondriasis (Hs), depression (D), hysteria (Hy), hypomania (Ma), social introversion (Si) than the comparison group, but were not significantly higher. Conclusion : Sexual offenders may be antisocial, paranoid, schizoid or psychasthenic. They seem to have psychotic psychopathology rather than neurotic psychopathology. These results suggested that the psychopatholgy of sexual offenders may be different to the control group.

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