Impairment in Conscious and Unconscious Response Inhibitions of Impulsive Violent Offenders on the Angry Condition

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2024.03.016

Abstract

Abstract:

The present study utilized an emotional Go/No-go task (Experiment 1) and a masked Go/No-go task (Experiment 2) to examine the conscious and unconscious response inhibition abilities of violent offenders and a control group with neutral and angry emotional conditions. In Experiment 1, we found that both the control group and violent offenders had shorter Go reaction times and higher No-go error rates with the angry condition compared to the neutral condition. We also found that with the angry condition, violent offenders had even shorter Go reaction times and higher No-go error rates than the control group. In Experiment 2, the results showed that compared to the neutral condition, violent offenders had shorter No-go reaction times and RT-slowing on the angry condition, while no such significant differences were observed in the control group. Violent offenders had shorter No-go reaction times and RT-slowing under the angry condition compared to the control group. The results indicate that, compared to the neutral condition, violent offenders exhibit impaired conscious and unconscious response inhibitions on the angry condition. Additionally, the performance of violent offenders in conscious and unconscious response inhibitions are worse on the angry condition than that of the control group.

Key words: impulsive violent offenders, unconscious response inhibition, conscious response inhibition, angry condition

摘要：

本研究使用情绪性Go/No-go任务(实验1)和掩蔽版Go/No-go任务(实验2)，考察暴力犯和对照组在中性条件和愤怒条件下的阈上阈下反应抑制能力。实验1发现，相比中性条件下，暴力犯和对照组在愤怒条件下Go反应时更短，No-go错误率更高；愤怒条件下暴力犯比对照组Go反应时更短，No-go错误率更高。实验2发现，相比中性条件下，在愤怒条件下暴力犯No-go反应时和RT-slowing更短，而对照组无显著差异；在愤怒条件下，暴力犯比对照组No-go反应时和RT-slowing更短。结果表明，相比中性条件下，愤怒条件下暴力犯呈现阈上阈下反应抑制受损；愤怒条件下，暴力犯比对照组阈上阈下反应抑制表现差。

关键词: 冲动性暴力犯, 阈下反应抑制, 阈上反应抑制, 愤怒条件

Lei WU, Zhiyu ZHANG, Jin ZHANG, Danhong QIN, Zixi LI, Wei KANG. Impairment in Conscious and Unconscious Response Inhibitions of Impulsive Violent Offenders on the Angry Condition[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2024, 22(3): 410-417.

毋嫘, 张之宇, 张晋, 覃丹泓, 李紫熙, 康威. 冲动性暴力犯愤怒条件下的阈上阈下反应抑制受损[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2024, 22(3): 410-417.

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条件	试次	暴力犯(n=46)	对照组(n=49)
中性情绪条件	Go	363(62)	440(72)
中性情绪条件	No-go	464(124)	515(66)
愤怒情绪条件	Go	379(70)	435(74)
愤怒情绪条件	No-go	395(72)	507(63)

条件	试次	暴力犯(n=46)	对照组(n=49)
中性情绪条件	Go	363(62)	440(72)
中性情绪条件	No-go	464(124)	515(66)
愤怒情绪条件	Go	379(70)	435(74)
愤怒情绪条件	No-go	395(72)	507(63)