Contributions to the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Disorders Using Millon's Model and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI–III)

Strack, Stephen; Millon, Theodore

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“…Disorders of personality are described in negative terms, Individuals with personality disorders have traits that influence their perception of feelings toward the environment altering their behaviour. Differential patterns in personality have been explored extensively, present study applies the theoretical frame of personology developed by Millon [12]. Socio-biology explores the interface between human functioning and evolutionary biology [13], challenge to combine notions of evolution processes and individual differences and personality traits has developed into personology.…”

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Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Giannetakis¹

2017

J Forensic Res

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Female Violent OffendersWomen are relatively less likely to be associated With a violent behavior and culturally they still benefit of a stereotype of being characterized by nurturing, mothering and caring, indeed when women commit violent crimes society tends to associate this behavior to a mental health problem rather than to a predisposition or a will to commit a violence Violence is less likely to be associated with female figures rather is strongly associated to male figures. Truth is that "violence is a universal pattern of living organisms. All organisms fight to eat and against being eaten" [1], women are able to act aggressively as their male counterparts. In western countries women who kill are on average 10% of murderers. In Italy women represented in the prison system account for about the 5.4% and specifically 2% of homicidal prisoners acquitted and condemned [2].Female violent offenders are an understudied population [3], previous researches focused on typologies of victims of women such as children or partners, domestic context within crime happened or the correlation with psychiatric disorders [4][5][6]. Researchers demonstrated that women also injure their victims to achieve control [7,8], in terms of motivation to commit the offense, women kill mostly in self-defense or the offence is related to an economical factor or to jealousy [9]. PersonalityPersonality could be described as set of characteristics that derive from psychic dynamics that express in behavioral features as a product of the constellations of normal or pathological elements. Personality is a set of distinct and distinctive thoughts, emotions, behaviors that define the personal style with which the individual interacts with the physical and social environment [10].There is no universally accepted definition of personality; the term is used very broadly and in different theoretical constructs. Personality is not a phenomenon clearly defined, according to Kluckhohn & Murray "every person is like all other persons, like some other persons, and like no other person", individuals are organically integrated systems within the psychological domain this intrinsic cohesion is not just a construct but a substantial unity that is personality [11]. Disorders of personality are described in negative terms, Individuals with personality disorders have traits that influence their perception of feelings toward the environment altering their behaviour. Differential patterns in personality have been explored extensively, present study applies the theoretical frame of personology developed by Millon [12]. Socio-biology explores the interface between human functioning and Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi Paola Giannetakis * Department of Criminology and Applied Behavioral Analysis, Link Campus University, Rome, Italy AbstractViolent offending is the result of the combination of personality, cognitive and emotional elements that shape interpersonal styles. Violent aggression is a form of interpersonal interaction in whic...

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Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Giannetakis¹

2017

J Forensic Res

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“…Millon utiliza-se de três esferas que são baseadas na psicologia evolutiva, nomeadas de fases evolutivas: Orientações para Existência, Modos de Adaptação, e Estratégias para Replicação (Millon & Davis, 1996;Davis, 1999;Millon, Millon, Meagher, Grossman, Ramanath, 2004;Strack & Millon, 2007). A primeira fase, Orientações para Existência, está relacionada à tendên-cia da pessoa a expressar mecanismos que favoreçam a busca pelo prazer (foco na busca por experiências prazerosas e ganhos) e a evitação da dor (foco na evitação de ações ou situações que sejam perigosas e tragam danos).…”

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“…A relevância da avaliação dos transtornos da personalidade na clínica é considerada por diversos autores (Carvalho & Primi, 2013;Handler & Meyer, 1997;John, Robins & Pervin, 2008;Strack & Millon, 2007;Widiger & Trull, 2007). A despeito dessa importância, não há consenso de como esses transtornos podem ser melhor diagnosticados.…”

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“…A versão mais atual do MCMI, o MCMI-III, é composta por 175 itens, distribuídos em 28 escalas distintas, sendo 14 dessas escalas para avaliação dos transtornos da personalidade. No que diz respeito às propriedades psicométricas do MCMI-III, uma série de estudos são encontrados na literatura internacional (Craig & Bivens, 1998;Dyce, O´Connor, Parkins & Janzen, 1997;Millon et al, 1994;Millon & Davis, 1996;Rossi, Ark & Sloore, 2007;Rossi, Brande, Tobac, Sloore & Hauben, 2003;Strack & Millon, 2007).…”

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“…Por um lado, os agrupamentos das escalas foram coerentes de acordo com o funcionamento da personalidade que cada uma avalia. Por outro, é importante ressaltar que a teoria de Millon não foi concebida com base no agrupamento fatorial e, por isso, não existem expectativas a priori determinadas em relação ao que deve ser encontrado a partir da realização de análises fatoriais (Strack & Millon, 2007). Assim, apesar dos padrões evidenciados nos estudos, não há consenso entre os autores de qual seria a solução fatorial mais adequada.…”

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Estudo psicométrico preliminar do Inventário Dimensional dos Transtornos da Personalidade (IDTP)

Carvalho

Primi

2016

Inter. Psicol.

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Preliminary psychometric study of the Personality Disorders Dimensional Inventory (IDTP)This study aimed to develop an instrument for personality disorders assessment and seek for validity evidence based on the internal structure of this instrument. The developed instrument, the Dimensional Inventory of Personality Disorders (IDTP), was applied to 350 participants, from 18 to 67 years, of both sexes. First and second order exploratory analyzes by principal components were performed, correlations between the scales of the instrument, and calculated the alpha's Cronbach coefficients. According to the literature and specifically the diagnostic categories for personality disorders, most hypothesized factors were found for the test and the alpha coefficient ranged between .65 and .89. Furthermore, the secondorder factor structure, consisting of three factors, was consistently according to prior literature.

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Offenders with ‘Personality Disorder’ Diagnoses

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Willmot²

2017

Assessments in Forensic Practice

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Contributions to the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Disorders Using Millon's Model and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI–III)

Cited by 54 publications

References 25 publications

Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Homicidal Women, Personality, Crime Dynamics and Modus Operandi

Estudo psicométrico preliminar do Inventário Dimensional dos Transtornos da Personalidade (IDTP)

Offenders with ‘Personality Disorder’ Diagnoses

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