Problems of Forensic Sciences 2014 Vol. 99 (XCIX ) 190-201
PSYCHOPATHY, PSYCHOLOGICAL GENDER AND THE STRUCTURE OF AGGRESSIVENESS IN INCARCERATED WOMEN
Marlena BANASIK, Józef K. GIEROWSKI, Michał SKRZYPCZAK
Department of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Streszczenie
The purpose of this research was to investigate the problem of psychopathic personality disorder applied to the female population, as well as to verify the influence of the self’s gender schema on psychopathy and available repertoire of aggressive behaviour. The examination was conducted on 52 incarcerated women by means of Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL R), the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) and the Psychological Gender Inventory (IPP), which is an improved adaptation of Bem’s SRI. The study hypotheses have been confirmed. The level of psychopathy, as well as psychological masculinity, turned out to differentiate the risk of aggressive behaviour. More importantly, the level of masculinity showed a major, positive influence on psychopathy, whereas the trend was opposite for level of femininity. The combined theoretical model explained 39% of the psychopathic variables, which suggests that an individual’s gender schema and ontological view of the self’s sex typing process might be important for a comprehensive understanding of psychopathy.
Słowa kluczowe
Psychopathy; Psychological gender; Aggressiveness; Female offenders.