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A Rorschach Investigation of Incarcerated Female Offenders With Antisocial Personality DisorderCitrus Health Network, 2160 NE 56th Street, #3, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308, USA, drtheoc{at}aol.com
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Although male psychopathy has been linked to histrionic, narcissistic, and antisocial personality disorders (ASPD), less is known about female psychopathy. The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) and the Rorschach were used to explore the personality functioning of 45 incarcerated female offenders with ASPD delineated by their psychopathy level. Psychopaths (PCL-R
Key Words: female • offenders • psychopathy • hysteria
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 49, No. 5,
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30) and nonpsychopaths (PCL-R < 24) were compared on Rorschach measures of self-perception, interpersonal relatedness, and reality testing. Compared to female offenders with ASPD who were nonpsychopathic, female offenders with ASPD who were psychopathic exhibited marked disturbances in self-perception, interpersonal relatedness, and reality testing. Our findings highlight the heterogeneity of the ASPD diagnosis in women, support the utility of the psychopathy construct with female offenders, and implicate important differences between men and women with ASPD. These gender differences have relevance to the evaluation (PCL-R scoring) and treatment of female offenders. Our findings are discussed within the context of the female psychopath’s hypothesized hysterical character style.