Antisocial and psychopathic personalities in a sample of addicted subjects: Differences in psychological resources, symptoms, alexithymia and impulsivity

Gori, Alessio; Craparo, Giuseppe; Sareri, Giuseppe Iraci; Caretti, Vincenzo; Giannini, Marco; Meringolo, Patrizia

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.05.023

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“…In addition, the criminal group showed a higher tendency to perceive the external world as hostile and to consider others as responsible for their own problems and difficulties, as well as to show a lack of anticipatory anxiety and tending to be involved in risk‐taking behaviours. Moreover, they showed more psychopathic features (Hare, ) than substance abusers who never committed crimes; these findings lend support to the idea that psychopathic traits are present among substance abusers who commit crimes, which is also consistent with previous research (Kimonis et al, ; Gori et al, ). Additional psychopathological features that emerged in the criminal group are greater paranoid ideation and the presence of an avoidant defensive style; this latter refers to increased use of defence mechanisms such as rationalisation, denial and omnipotence.…”

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Psychopathological features in a sample of substance‐abusing individuals with criminal history: Towards a definition of a personality prototype of an ‘Addict with Criminal Conduct’

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Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Psychopathological features in a sample of substance‐abusing individuals with criminal history: Towards a definition of a personality prototype of an ‘Addict with Criminal Conduct’

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Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…This creates a vicious circle, in which the reinforcing memory of the pleasure for the behavior and the compulsive ritualization of the behavior aimed to reducing pain, feed the thoughts and the obsessive urge to repeat the behavior, despite the negative effects that such action may produce on the individual’s psychological and physical health. Some studies have partially confirmed these clinical speculations [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ].…”

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A New Measure for Assessing Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: The Addictive Behavior Questionnaire (ABQ)

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This article evaluates the psychometric properties of a new measure for assessing Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: the Addictive Behavior Questionnaire (ABQ). The ABQ is a self-report measure composed of two sections: the Severity Index (SI) and the Seven Domains Addiction Scale (7DAS). Materials and methods. A total sample of 698 subjects divided into two groups (515 subjects in the clinical sample and 183 subjects in the control sample), participated in this study. We applied Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to examine features of ABQ construct validity, we used Cronbach’s alpha coefficient to assess its internal reliability, and explored some aspects of its concurrent validity by examining its associations with other measures assessing addictive behaviors and psychopathology. Results and conclusions: results of EFA indicated that all the scales of the ABQ are unidimensional and showed good internal consistency. The correlations between the sections of the ABQ and the other measures used in the current study were significant and in the expected directions. These results suggest that the ABQ has good psychometric properties and allows researchers and clinicians to gather relevant information regarding behaviors, psychopathology and severity of symptoms, for the best clinical reasoning and for planning tailored treatment for each patient.

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“…The cognitive model investigates the beliefs and cognitive schemas that determine the affective responses and behavioral strategies of the individual (Beck et al, 1990 ); beliefs or schemas are the cognitive representations of life experiences; in some cases, these experiences can lead to identity crisis (Pellerone et al, 2015 ), maladaptive defense mechanism, dissociated emotions (Craparo et al, 2014a , b ; Gori et al, 2014 ), maladaptive beliefs and behaviors (McMurrana and Christopherb, 2008 ).…”

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Relationship between Parenting and Cognitive Schemas in a Group of Male Adult Offenders

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This work analyzes the correlation of retrospective ratings on parental binding with cognitive patterns in the inmates for property crimes. The participant group comprehended 248 adults men, including 130 marked out as offenders (the target group), aged between 19 and 70, currently serving sentences in the Cavadonna prison in Siracusa, and 118 marked out as non-offenders (the control group), aged between 20 and 70, living in Siracusa (Sicily). The instruments used were the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), and the Young Schema Questionnaire-3 (YSQ). The preliminary analysis showed a high percentage of offenders who experienced an affectionate constraint parenting. Offenders scored significantly higher than the non-offenders on the level of paternal control and the YSQ subscales. The study underlines the influence of maternal care on most of the cognitive schemas, and the role of father's control on the tendency to social isolation and defectiveness in the offenders.

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Antisocial and psychopathic personalities in a sample of addicted subjects: Differences in psychological resources, symptoms, alexithymia and impulsivity

Cited by 27 publications

References 15 publications

Psychopathological features in a sample of substance‐abusing individuals with criminal history: Towards a definition of a personality prototype of an ‘Addict with Criminal Conduct’

Psychopathological features in a sample of substance‐abusing individuals with criminal history: Towards a definition of a personality prototype of an ‘Addict with Criminal Conduct’

A New Measure for Assessing Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: The Addictive Behavior Questionnaire (ABQ)

Relationship between Parenting and Cognitive Schemas in a Group of Male Adult Offenders

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