ABSTRACT

So far, few studies have assessed emotional rapid response impulsivity (RRI) in incarcerated men. Available studies use varying methodological approaches and show mixed results, but incarcerated individuals are more likely to be impaired by emotional RRI. None of these studies, however, reported on any correlational or regression analysis assessing whether emotional RRI was linearly related to antisocial behavior in general or aggression and misconduct in particular. The current study investigated whether incarcerated individuals (n = 283) show impaired performance on an emotional Go/No-Go task compared to non-incarcerated controls (n = 51), and whether performance is associated with increased trait aggression, and within-prison misconduct. The results indicate that incarcerated individuals indeed show impaired emotional RRI compared to non-incarcerated controls, irrespective of emotional condition, but impaired emotional RRI was not related to trait aggression or within-prison misconduct. The impairment, relative to non-offending controls, could therefore be related to other factors than their anti-social behavior, which could hamper the use of emotional RRI in risk assessment or forensic clinical practice.

摘要

到目前为止，很少有研究评估被监禁男性的情绪快速反应冲动（RRI）。现有研究使用不同的方法并显示出不同的结果，但被监禁的人更有可能受到情绪 RRI 的损害。然而，这些研究都没有报告任何相关或回归分析，评估情绪 RRI 是否与一般的反社会行为或特别是攻击和不当行为呈线性相关。目前的研究调查了被监禁的人 ( n = 283) 与非监禁的对照组 ( n= 51），以及表现是否与增加的特征攻击性和监狱内的不当行为有关。结果表明，与未监禁的对照组相比，被监禁的人确实表现出情绪 RRI 受损，无论情绪状况如何，但情绪 RRI 受损与攻击性状或监狱内的不当行为无关。因此，相对于非违规控制，损害可能与其他因素有关，而不是他们的反社会行为，这可能会妨碍在风险评估或法医临床实践中使用情绪性 RRI。