Assaultive behavior personality and personal space

✍ Scribed by Dr. Barry J. McGurk; John D. Davis; John Grehan

• Book ID: 101349909
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 435 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0096-140X
• DOI: 10.1002/1098-2337(1981)7:4<317::aid-ab2480070402>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

Eysenck's Psychoticism, Extraversion and Neuroticism (PEN) Inventory was used to explore the role of personality variables in augmented personal space required by assaultive offenders. For both violent (n = 20) and nonviolent (n = 20) subjects personal space was greatest from a rear approach. Neither personality scores nor nature of offense alone predicted personal space needs; however personal space was significantly elevated in all directions for assaultive offenders with high scores on the psychoticism scale of the PEN Inventory.