Personality Disorders in Recidivists
- VernacularTitle:重新违法犯罪人员的人格特征研究
- Author:
Chiyi HU
;
Tong YANG
;
Shaobing WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2001;15(2):140-141
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To investigate personality disorders of recidivists. Method: PDQ (Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire) was administered to 122 recidivist and 932 first offenders. Result: Compared with first offenders, the recidivists had higher possibility to be a drug abuser or to have traffic in narcotics, they had lower education level and got higher scores in total score, paranoid, antisocial, borderline subscales of PDQ. Conclusion: The recidivists have more personality defects.
