Does violence have cognitive correlates?

Robertson, G., Taylor, Pamela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3998-6095 and Gunn, J. C. 1987. Does violence have cognitive correlates? British Journal of Psychiatry 151 (1) , pp. 63-68. 10.1192/bjp.151.1.63

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Abstract

The relationship between cognitive function and violence in 76 remanded prisoners, without formal psychiatric illness, was investigated. The violent group tended to be of slightly lower general ability than the non-violent group, but not abnormally so in relation to the general population; no relationship was found between specific patterns of cognitive functioning and violence. The violent group reported significantly higher levels of neurotic symptoms than the non-violent group, and were more socially deviant. To a small extent, general intelligence (reasoning ability), in interaction with many other factors, may be related to a propensity for violent behaviour, but no particular aspect of cortical functioning seems to be related to violence.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Royal College of Psychiatrists
ISSN:	0007-1250
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 10:33
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/85339

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