The Influence of Negative Emotional Experiences of Childhood on Criminal Activity in Women with Organic Personality Disorder

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Abstract

In order to study the influence of negative emotional experiences of childhood on criminal activity in women with organic personality disorder we investigated group of women, suspected or accused of crimes in criminal cases, who underwent forensic psychiatric examination (n=102) with comparison to group of women, who had not a criminal history (n=50). It is revealed that for women who have committed criminally punishable acts, negative childhood events with many psychogenic and traumatic events are of significant importance. It was revealed that the greatest importance of adverse childhood events with negative emotional experience - abuse, violence (emotional, physical, sexual) in combination with unfavorable social factors of upbringing had a significant pathoplastic and pathokinetic effect on the clinical and dynamic characteristics of the disease and to a certain extent predetermined the formation of criminal activity of this category of persons. They are more likely to have dependence on surfactants. These women were more likely to commit aggressive offenses (murder, grievous bodily harm), while the victim of these crimes was more often a partner (husband, cohabitant).

General Information

Keywords: domestic violence, victims of domestic violence, psychological problems, mental disorders, organic personality disorder, negative emotional experience of childhood

Journal rubric: Psychology of Deviant and Criminal Behavior

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2022120312

Received: 06.06.2022

Accepted:

For citation: Kachaeva M.A., Dozortseva E.G., Borisenko E.V., Kharitonova N., Shishkina O.A., Vasianina V.I., Skibina N.V., Nazarova L.N. The Influence of Negative Emotional Experiences of Childhood on Criminal Activity in Women with Organic Personality Disorder [Elektronnyi resurs]. Psikhologiya i pravo = Psychology and Law, 2022. Vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 134–150. DOI: 10.17759/psylaw.2022120312. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Margarita A. Kachaeva, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Chief Researcher, V.P. Serbsky National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7642-9829, e-mail: mkachaeva@mail.ru

Elena G. Dozortseva, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Professor, Department of Legal Psychology and Law, Faculty of Legal Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Senior Researcher, Laboratory for Child and Adolescent Psychology, V.P. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation,Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Psychology and Law” member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Psychological Science and Education”, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-0485, e-mail: edozortseva@mail.ru

Elena V. Borisenko, PhD in Psychology, Senior Researcher, Department of Scientific and Methodological Support, Federal Resource Center for Psychological Service in the Education System, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Psychology of Child and Adolescence, V.P. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8864-1085, e-mail: nutskova@serbsky.ru

Natalia Kharitonova, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Head, Department of Forensic Psychiatric Examination in Civil Proceedings, V.P. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-1690, e-mail: nikdk@rambler.ru

Olga A. Shishkina, PhD in Medicine, Forensic Psychiatrist, V.P. Serbsky National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4274-0368, e-mail: m.n.s.shishkina@gmail.com

Viktoria I. Vasianina, PhD in Medicine, Senior Researcher, Department of Forensic Psychiatric Examination in Civil Proceedings, V.P. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4882-4303, e-mail: vasianina.vik@yandex.ru

Nadezhda V. Skibina, PhD in Medicine, Associate Professor, Department of Social and Forensic Psychiatry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical Univer-sity (Sechenov University),, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4721-3962, e-mail: nskibina59@mail.ru

Lionella N. Nazarova, PhD in Medicine, Psychiatrist, PhD in Medicine, Associate Professor of Department of forensic medicine of First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Russia, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-0920, e-mail: lnln2016@bk.ru

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