Is the Self-reported Information by Male Sentenced of Violence against Women in the Intervention Phase Valid?
The evaluation of the needs of convicts is a critical issue for the design of the intervention. Nonetheless, in the information reported by convicts in penitentiary evaluation, simulation (malingering) and dissimulation (denial of symptoms, social desirability, and both) must be suspected. Thus, a f...
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| description | The evaluation of the needs of convicts is a critical issue for the design of the intervention. Nonetheless, in the information reported by convicts in penitentiary evaluation, simulation (malingering) and dissimulation (denial of symptoms, social desirability, and both) must be suspected. Thus, a field study with the aim of estimating the prevalence rate of the distortions and its effects in the needs reported by convicts was designed. A total of 624 men convicted for intimate partner violence reported their needs in the MMPI-2 in the reception phase of a penitentiary intervention program. Results: tion consisting in denial of symptoms, .112 [.087, .137], social desirability, .223 [.190, .256], and the combination of both two, .120 [.095, .145]. The effects in denial of symptoms emerged in the information of less depressive (i.e., lack of interest in activities, excessive sensitivity, lack of sociability), paranoid (i.e., interpersonal sensitivity and perceptiveness), psychasthenic (i.e., general subjective distress and negative affect), schizoid (i.e., alienation, chaotic interpersonal relations, and disruptive cognitive processes), and hypomanic (i.e., hyperactivity, irritability, and sensation seeking) symptoms. Likewise, social desirability dissimulators detailed significantly less depressive, psychopathic (i.e., less general social maladjustment), paranoid, psychasthenic, schizoid, and hypomanic symptoms. Similarly, the whole dissimulators (combining denial of symptoms and social desirability responses) informed less depressive, psychopathic, paranoid, psychasthenic, schizoid, and hypomanic symptoms, and fewer problems of social introversion. Conversely, they related significantly more symptoms of hysteria (i.e., physical complaints). Distortions introduced by convicts in self-reports must be controlled to design effective correctional interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f80347880830441e99f3038c84bdc9902024-04-11T07:08:56ZengColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridAnuario de Psicología Jurídica1133-07402174-05422024-02-01341233010.5093/apj2023a311320559Is the Self-reported Information by Male Sentenced of Violence against Women in the Intervention Phase Valid?Ramón Arce0Verónica Marcos1Jéssica Sanmarco2Francisca Fariña3University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela , Spain, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain;University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela , Spain, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain;University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela , Spain, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain;University of Vigo, Vigo , Spain, University of Vigo, SpainThe evaluation of the needs of convicts is a critical issue for the design of the intervention. Nonetheless, in the information reported by convicts in penitentiary evaluation, simulation (malingering) and dissimulation (denial of symptoms, social desirability, and both) must be suspected. Thus, a field study with the aim of estimating the prevalence rate of the distortions and its effects in the needs reported by convicts was designed. A total of 624 men convicted for intimate partner violence reported their needs in the MMPI-2 in the reception phase of a penitentiary intervention program. Results: tion consisting in denial of symptoms, .112 [.087, .137], social desirability, .223 [.190, .256], and the combination of both two, .120 [.095, .145]. The effects in denial of symptoms emerged in the information of less depressive (i.e., lack of interest in activities, excessive sensitivity, lack of sociability), paranoid (i.e., interpersonal sensitivity and perceptiveness), psychasthenic (i.e., general subjective distress and negative affect), schizoid (i.e., alienation, chaotic interpersonal relations, and disruptive cognitive processes), and hypomanic (i.e., hyperactivity, irritability, and sensation seeking) symptoms. Likewise, social desirability dissimulators detailed significantly less depressive, psychopathic (i.e., less general social maladjustment), paranoid, psychasthenic, schizoid, and hypomanic symptoms. Similarly, the whole dissimulators (combining denial of symptoms and social desirability responses) informed less depressive, psychopathic, paranoid, psychasthenic, schizoid, and hypomanic symptoms, and fewer problems of social introversion. Conversely, they related significantly more symptoms of hysteria (i.e., physical complaints). Distortions introduced by convicts in self-reports must be controlled to design effective correctional interventions. https://journals.copmadrid.org/apj/art/apj2023a3 malingeringbatterersdefensivenessforensic evaluationdenial of symptoms |
| spellingShingle | Ramón Arce Verónica Marcos Jéssica Sanmarco Francisca Fariña Is the Self-reported Information by Male Sentenced of Violence against Women in the Intervention Phase Valid? Anuario de Psicología Jurídica malingering batterers defensiveness forensic evaluation denial of symptoms |
| title | Is the Self-reported Information by Male Sentenced of Violence against Women in the Intervention Phase Valid? |
| title_full | Is the Self-reported Information by Male Sentenced of Violence against Women in the Intervention Phase Valid? |
| title_fullStr | Is the Self-reported Information by Male Sentenced of Violence against Women in the Intervention Phase Valid? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is the Self-reported Information by Male Sentenced of Violence against Women in the Intervention Phase Valid? |
| title_short | Is the Self-reported Information by Male Sentenced of Violence against Women in the Intervention Phase Valid? |
| title_sort | is the self reported information by male sentenced of violence against women in the intervention phase valid |
| topic | malingering batterers defensiveness forensic evaluation denial of symptoms |
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https://journals.copmadrid.org/apj/art/apj2023a3
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