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E-ISSN : 2733-4538
Present research aimed to investigate a linkage of criminality and personality traits. For the purpose, this research was to find out the differences between confirmed criminals and normals on psychoticism, extraversion, impulsivity and sensation seeking. Subjects were 62 recidivists(whose crimes concerned violence and property) being in imprisonment as a criminal group and 30 normals as a control group. All subjects were asked to complete the Korean version Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ), Barratt impulsivity Scale(BIS) and Sensation Seeking Scale-V(SSS-V). Results were as fallow: a) Criminal group was scored significantly higher than contort group on psychoticism(P) and impulsivity on motor activity(Im), while control group was scored significantly higher than criminal group on boredom susceptibility(BS). And there was no difference between two groups on extraversion(E). b) On the analysis of correlation between various subscale(P, E, N, L, Ip, Im, Ic, TAS, ES, Dis, BS) score, it was clear that most of all the measures intercorrelated significantly in criminal group, while no intercorrelations were found among 3 tests in control group.