Body Image of Murderers

Body Image of Murderers

It was predicted that murderers would differ in their body-image boundary dimensions from attempted suicides. It was found that the murderers obtained lower barrier scores, which was in opposition to the prediction, and lower penetration scores, which was in agreement with the prediction. Overall, t...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of general psychology 1974-04, Vol.90 (2), p.187-189
Hauptverfasser: Lester, David, Perdue, William C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acting Out
Adult
Aggression
Body Image
Criminal Psychology
Female
Homicide
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders - classification
Personality
Prisoners
Psychoanalytic Theory
Rorschach Test
Sex Factors
Stress, Psychological
Suicide
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Zusammenfassung:It was predicted that murderers would differ in their body-image boundary dimensions from attempted suicides. It was found that the murderers obtained lower barrier scores, which was in opposition to the prediction, and lower penetration scores, which was in agreement with the prediction. Overall, therefore, the prediction was not supported.
ISSN:0022-1309
1940-0888
DOI:10.1080/00221309.1974.9920757