Snowden, Robert Jefferson  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-480X, Gray, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-8118, Smith, Jennifer, Morris, Mark and MacCulloch, Malcolm
2004.
Implicit affective associations to violence in psychopathic murderers.
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
15
(4)
, pp. 620-641.
10.1080/14789940412331313377
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Abstract
Social cognition about violence was assessed using both implicit and explicit measurements in a group of offenders who had committed murder and in a control group of offenders who had committed other crimes. On an implicit test of social cognition murderers with high psychopathy scores showed a reduced negative association to violence, whilst murderers with low psychopathy scores had an increased negative association to violence compared to the non-murderers (irrespective of their psychopathy score). No differences were found using explicit measurements. We suggest implicit measurements of social cognitions may prove a useful addition to explicit measurement in forensic situations, and shows potential as a future risk assessment tool.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Medicine Schools > Psychology |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | psychopathy; Implicit Association Test (IAT); social values; violence; morality; affect; Psychopathy Checklist-; Revised (PCL-R) |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1478-9949 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2022 10:00 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33850 |
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