TY - JOUR
T1 - The Normative Nature of Aggressive Intrusive Thinking Among an Underserved Incarcerated Population Compared With a Student Sample
AU - DeLapp, Ryan C.T.
AU - Chasson, Gregory S.
AU - Swerbilow, Jessica
AU - Gibby, Brittany
AU - Tellawi, Ghazel
AU - Williams, Monnica T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Thank you to Craig Johnson and the Department of Psychology, Towson University, for funding the inmate’s compensation for participation.
Funding Information:
Special thanks to the following students for assisting with data collections by interviewing jail inmates: Madison Elliot, Justine Klaassen, Zachary White, Mary Martinelli, Katherine Valliere, Joshua Camins, Yolanda Lawson, and Krissa Jackson. Special thanks to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility staff, especially Suzy Malagari, for facilitating data collection with the incarcerated sample. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Thank you to Craig Johnson and the Department of Psychology, Towson University, for funding the inmate’s compensation for participation.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Aggressive intrusive thoughts (AITs) are unwanted and repetitive thoughts, impulses, or desires that enter into consciousness involuntarily. The current study compared the frequency of and distress from AITs in a sample of inmates jailed for violent crimes (n = 78) versus college students (n = 103; that is, participant status). The relationship between psychopathic traits and AITs was also explored. Results indicated that, although there were no differences between students and inmates, AIT frequency was positively associated with Primary Psychopathy. However, there was no significant interaction between participant status (i.e., inmate vs. student) and psychopathy. Finally, there were no significant main or interactions effects in the model predicting AIT distress. These findings demonstrate that AIT frequency is a normative cognitive experience that occurs in both nonviolent and violent individuals, and provides further evidence for an association between psychopathic traits and unwanted aggressive cognition.
AB - Aggressive intrusive thoughts (AITs) are unwanted and repetitive thoughts, impulses, or desires that enter into consciousness involuntarily. The current study compared the frequency of and distress from AITs in a sample of inmates jailed for violent crimes (n = 78) versus college students (n = 103; that is, participant status). The relationship between psychopathic traits and AITs was also explored. Results indicated that, although there were no differences between students and inmates, AIT frequency was positively associated with Primary Psychopathy. However, there was no significant interaction between participant status (i.e., inmate vs. student) and psychopathy. Finally, there were no significant main or interactions effects in the model predicting AIT distress. These findings demonstrate that AIT frequency is a normative cognitive experience that occurs in both nonviolent and violent individuals, and provides further evidence for an association between psychopathic traits and unwanted aggressive cognition.
KW - aggressive cognition
KW - incarceration
KW - intrusive thoughts
KW - obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW - psychopathy
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U2 - 10.1177/0306624X18758534
DO - 10.1177/0306624X18758534
M3 - Article
C2 - 29463141
AN - SCOPUS:85042378926
SN - 0306-624X
VL - 62
SP - 4142
EP - 4157
JO - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
JF - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
IS - 13
ER -
