The Relationship between Aggressive Behavior of Violent Criminals and Anxiety: The Moderating Role of CU Traits

Abstract

Abstract: This study uses the impulsiveness/premeditated aggression scale, the inventory of callous-unemotional traits and trait anxiety scale, with certain medium prison of Shandong province 341 adult violence prisoners as subjects to study the relationship between two kinds of attack, CU traits level and trait anxiety. The results showed that: 1)the CU traits level and two kinds of attacks are related, and negatively correlated with trait anxiety, trait anxiety level can be used to predict impulsive aggression of adult violent criminals. 2)individual CU traits level can adjust the relationship between trait anxiety and impulsive aggression, incorporate is: the effect of trait anxiety on impulsive aggression for low CU traits level individuals is more than that of high CU traits level individuals.

Key words: violent criminals, impulsive aggression, premeditated aggression, trait anxiety, CU traits

摘要： 采用冲动性/预谋性攻击量表、冷酷无情特质量表和特质焦虑量表，以山东省某中型监狱341名成人暴力犯为被试考察两类攻击、CU特质水平和特质焦虑之间的关系。结果表明：（1）CU特质水平与两类攻击正相关，与特质焦虑呈负相关，特质焦虑水平能够预测成人暴力犯的冲动性攻击。（2）个体的CU特质水平能够调节特质焦虑与冲动性攻击之间的关系，具体表现为特质焦虑水平对低CU特质个体的冲动性攻击影响大于高CU特质个体。

关键词: 暴力犯, 冲动性攻击, 预谋性攻击, 特质焦虑, CU特质

CLC Number:

B849

Yang Jinke, Xiao Yuqin, Yang Bo. The Relationship between Aggressive Behavior of Violent Criminals and Anxiety: The Moderating Role of CU Traits[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2015, 13(2): 283-287.

杨金科, 肖玉琴, 杨波. 暴力犯攻击行为与焦虑的关系：CU特质的调节作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2015, 13(2): 283-287.

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