Development and validation of the Aggressive Sexuality Scale for the MMPI-2
In the state of California, an estimated number of felon new admissions for violent offenses increased from 8,243 in 1986 to 10,616 in 1991. Homicides accounted for 1,840 (4.8\%) felon new admissions. Sex crimes accounted for 1,936 (5.1\%) felon new admissions. Diagnosing and treating violent offenders in prison are contingent upon the development of methods to assess the nature and extent of aggressive sexuality in these offenders. Since the publication of the MMPI-2 in 1989, forensic clinicians have lost the use of certain correctional subscales. This research was conducted using the MMPI-2 to develop an Aggressive Sexuality scale to discriminate between the violent types of offenders. Two different types of personality inventories, MMPI-2 and CSQ, were administered to the 98 incarcerated felons. Their responses on the MMPI-2 revealed that rapists' scores significantly differ from murderers' scores on 9 of the 567 items of the MMPI-2 (p .05). In addition to developing an Aggressive Sexuality scale, this study attempted to determine the relationship between the Aggressive Sexuality scale and some MMPI-2 scales and CSQ scales. The rapists who were early-in-term and rapists who were late-in-term were compared using the .05 level of significance. The analysis of variance demonstrated significant difference on the Hypochondriasis (1), Depression (2), Schizophrenia (8), Hypomania (9), Dominance, and Bizarre Mentation scales of the MMPI-2. Rapists who received therapy and rapists who did not receive therapy were compared using the .05 level of significance. The analysis of variance demonstrated no significant difference on any of the scales of the MMPI-2. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)
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Bozana Lawless
(2006)
Development and validation of the Aggressive Sexuality Scale for the MMPI-2
PhD thesis.