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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 1, 1986 - Issue 2
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Analisis de la Etiqueta “Delincuente” Como Criterio Clasificador en una Muestra de Mujeres

Analyzing the label “delinquent” as classifying criteria in a female sample

Pages 167-179 | Published online: 29 Apr 2014
 

Resumen

Se realiza en primer lugar una breve revisión de algunas de las variables utilizadas en la literatura para diferenciar a los sujetos delincuentes de los no delincuentes, prestando especial atención a aquellas que se han empleado en el estudio de la mujer delincuente; se concluye en la introducción de este artículo que la mayoría de los autores encuentran diferencias significativas a nivel psicológico entre ambas poblaciones. Se planea a continuación un estudio en el que se trata de demostrar la falsedad de tal afirmación, debido a la gran disparidad de los sujetos empleados en otros estudios (muestras de control no sólo no delincuente, sino de distinta clase social, nivel cultural, edad, etc.). Controladas dichas variables, se realiza una comparación de mujeres delincuentes y no delincuentes en las variables siguientes: inteligencia cuantitativa, sinceridad, neuroticismo, extraversión y “locus of control”, encontrándose apoyo para la hipótesis inicial (no hubo diferencias significativas entre ambos grupos), menos en la variable inteligencia cualitativa, resultado explicable por el hecho de que la muestra de mujeres delincuentes estaba en prisión.

Abstract

A brief revision is presented firs about some of the variables cited in the literature to differentiate delinquent from non delinquent subjects. Special attention is paid to the variables employed in the study of delinquents women. In the Introduction it is affirmed that the majority of researchers find significant psychological differences between both populations. Next, a study is sketched that tries to gather some evidence against such position. There is a great disparity in the type of subjects used in these studies: there are control samples whose subjects not only are non-delinquents, are different in social class, cultural background, age, etc., in relation to the group of interest. After controlling these variables, a comparison between delinquent and non-delinquent women is made on the following variables: quantitative intelligence, qualitative intelligence, self-esteem, dogmatism, sincerity, neuroticism, extraversion and locus of control. Some support is found to the inicial hypothesis (there were not significant differenes between both groups) with one exception: qualitative intelligence. It is possible to explain this fact by considering that the women of the delinquent sample were in prison when research was conducted.

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