PEN, Big Five, juvenile delinquency and criminal recidivism
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The aim of this study was to examine which of the two personality models, PEN or Big Five, differentiates best between Dutch juvenile offenders (n = 96) and college students (n = 204), between Dutch selfreported recidivists (n = 43) and non-recidivists (n = 14), and between officially recorded recidivists (n = 37) and non-recidivists (n = 24). Students (mean age = 17.23 years) and offenders (mean age = 18.63 years) filled out the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised and the Short Big Five Questionnaire. Occurrence and severity of recidivism were measured by a self-report questionnaire and by official police records. Students were higher than offenders on PEN s Extraversion and the Big Five dimensions Agreeableness and Openness. PEN s Extraversion appeared to be higher in officially recorded recidivists compared to non-recidivists. PEN s Psychoticism, Big Five s Neuroticism and Agreeableness differentiated self-reported recidivists from non-recidivists. Only PEN s Psychoticism predicted severity of self-reported recidivism. Proposals for future research in recidivism are formulated. 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015