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A Comparison of Emotional Characteristics of Women Charged with Homicide or Non-violent Crimes : Focused on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2

살인으로 기소된 여성과 비폭력 범죄로 기소된 여성의 정서 특성 비교 : 미네소타 다면적 인성검사-2를 중심으로

  • Oh, Se Young (Department of Psychiatry, National Forensic Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Myung Ho (Department of Psychology, College of Heealth Science, Dankook University) ;
  • Jaung, Ji Suk (Department of Psychology, National Forensic Hospital) ;
  • Lyu, Mi Kyung (Department of Psychiatry, National Forensic Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Kyoung-Ok (Department of Psychiatry, National Forensic Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Seon Kyung (Department of Psychiatry, National Forensic Hospital) ;
  • Jang, Soyeong (Department of Psychiatry, National Forensic Hospital) ;
  • Cha, Seung-Min (Department of Psychiatry, National Forensic Hospital) ;
  • Choi, Jong Hyuk (Department of Psychiatry, National Forensic Hospital)
  • 오세영 (국립법무병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 임명호 (단국대학교 사회과학대학 심리학과) ;
  • 정지숙 (국립법무병원 임상심리실) ;
  • 유미경 (국립법무병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 임경옥 (국립법무병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 김선경 (국립법무병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 장소영 (국립법무병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 차승민 (국립법무병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 최종혁 (국립법무병원 정신건강의학과)
  • Received : 2018.02.28
  • Accepted : 2018.08.28
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

Objective : This study aims to identify personality characteristics in female homicide offenders by using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) test. Methods : This study retrospectively analyzed the mental appraisals and MMPI-2 scores of 54 women charged with homicide and 67 women charged with non-violent crimes, who were referred to National Forensic Hospital in Gongju city for psychiatric evaluation between January 2012 and March 2016. Results : Women charged with homicide scored significantly higher on Hs (p=0.018), D (p<0.001), Hy (p=0.002) and Pt (p=0.004) than the women charged with non-violent crimes. The women charged with homicide may have developed the following characteristics: hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria and psychasthenia. In multiple regression analyses, a final regression model including age of crime onset and depression was significant, explaining 16.5% of the variance in homicides committed by females. Conclusion : These findings suggest that personality characteristics in the female homicide offenders might be different compared to the non-violent crime offenders.

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