Sensational interests and sensation seeking in mentally disordered offenders
Egan, Vincent Charlesworth, Philip
Egan, Vincent
Charlesworth, Philip
Abstract
Examined the differences in sensational interests and sensation-seeking (SS) between patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) classifications of psychopathic disorder (PD) and mental illness (MI), the degree to which sensational interests related to sensation-seeking, and the relationship between these factors and self-reported personality disorders. The Sensational Interests Questionnaire (SIQ), Zuckerman's Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS), the Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) and the MCMI-II were given to 42 psychiatric patients (32 MI, 10 PD). There were no significant differences between the MI and PD groups for scores on the SIQ or the SSS. The SIQ was not related to scores on the SPM. As predicted, the SIQ's subscales of militarism and the violent-occult were significantly and positively associated with sensation-seeking, especially the SSS subscales of Disinhibition and Thrill and Adventure Seeking. Sensation-seeking mediated the relationship between sensational interests and measures of personality disorder. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
MIDER Authors
Citations
Altmetric:
Date
2001
Type
Article
Subject
Mentally ill offenders, Personality disorders, Psychopathology, Personality, Surveys and questionnaires
Collections
Citation
Egan, V., Charlesworth, P., Richardson, C., Blair, M. & McMurran, M. (2001). Sensational interests and sensation seeking in mentally disordered offenders. Personality and Individual Differences, 30 (6), pp.995-1007.