Personality differences of applicants for the gun license (proprioceptive and verbal tests). [Diferencias de personalidad en los solicitantes de licencia de armas (ensayos propioceptivos y verbales)]

Abstract

Título: Diferencias de personalidad en los solicitantes de licencia de armas (ensayos propioceptivos y verbales).Resumen: El Diagnóstico Propioceptivo del Temperamento y del Carácter (DP-TC) (Tous, 2008), que se basa en el rendimiento de la motricidad fina sin visión del propio cuerpo, se utiliza junto con una prueba verbal de personalidad (Durán, García, García, & Martínez, 2001) para examinar las diferencias de personalidad entre los solicitantes del permiso de armas (GL) y la población en general (GP). Los resultados del MANOVA mostraron diferencias significativas entre los dos grupos en la prueba DP-TC, el grupo GL obtiene una puntuación más alta en Emocionalidad (temperamento) e Impulsividad (temperamento y carácter) y una puntuación menor en Toma de Decisiones (temperamento y carácter) y Estado de Ánimo (temperamento); mostrándose más pesimistas que el grupo GP. En el grupo GL, el rendimiento del DP-TC se comparó con el resultado de la prueba verbal, por medio de un análisis de componentes principales con rotación varimax. Los resultados del temperamento del DP-TC mostraron sólo una asociación con las variables verbales, corroborando así la idea de que el temperamento está más libre de la influencia social. Al comparar los resultados de la prueba verbal con la propioceptiva observamos que la escala Emocionalidad del DP-TC era congruente con la escala verbal Fuerza del Ego, mientras que los resultados en Neuroticismo eran opuestos y podrían haber sido falsificados, con el fin de obtener la licencia de armas. Palabras clave: componentes disposicionales de conducta; componentes intencionales de conducta; control motor; diagnóstico propioceptivo; solicitantes de la licencia de armas. Abstract:The Proprioceptive Diagnosis of Temperament and Character (DP-TC) test (Tous, 2008), which assesses fine motor performance without vision of one's own body, was used together with a verbal personality test (Durán, García, García, & Martínez, 2001) to examine personality differences between a group of gun licence (GL) applicants and a group from the general population (GP). MANOVA results showed significant differences between the groups on the DP-TC test, with the GL group scoring higher on Emotionality (Temperament) and Impulsivity (Temperament and Character) and lower on Decision-Making (Temperament and Character) and Mood (Temperament). In the GL group, fine motor performance on the DP-TC test was compared with the verbal test results by means of a principal components analysis with varimax rotation. The results corresponding to the Temperament dimensions of the DP-TC test showed only one association with the verbal test variables, thus corroborating the notion that Temperament has little social influence. Comparison of the proprioceptive and verbal tests showed that the results on the Emotionality scale of the DP-TC were consistent with those on the Ego-strength scale of the verbal personality test, but not with Neuroticism; this suggests that these subjects might fake their replies in order to obtain the gun licence....

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