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- Title
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VIOLENT AND NONVIOLENT ADOLESCENTS.
- Authors
Spellacy, Frank
- Abstract
Administered the MMPI and elements of a neuropsychological assessment battery to 40 violent and 40 nonviolent adolescent males (M = 14.6 years). Multivariate analysis showed significant differences between groups on neuropsychological tests, but not on the MMPI. Discriminant function analysis indicated that the neuropsychological assessment had greater power to predict group membership of violent and nonviolent Ss than did the MMPI. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that organic impairment contributes to the impulse dyscontrol and associated violent behavior seen in some delinquent adolescents.
- Subjects
VIOLENCE research; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; MINNESOTA Multiphasic Personality Inventory; TEENAGE boys
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1977, Vol 33, Issue 4, p966
- ISSN
0021-9762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-4679(197710)33:4<966::AID-JCLP2270330409>3.0.CO;2-4