| Abstract: | 25 HETEROSEXUALS, 25 HOMOSEXUAL INSERTEES, AND 25 HOMOSEXUAL INSERTORS WERE SELECTED FROM A REFORMATORY POPULATION AND ADMINISTERED THE MMPI AND THE MOSHER FORCED-CHOICE GUILT INVENTORY. A COMPARISON OF MMPI PROFILES, SCORES ON 3 ASPECTS OF GUILT, AND THE INTERCORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE MMPI SCALES AND THE GUILT SCALES INDICATED MANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. SS GENERALLY SEEMED TO BE IMPULSIVE AND ANTISOCIAL MEN WHO ACTED OUT THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCED LITTLE ANXIETY AND GUILT. THE INSERTEES WERE CHARACTERIZED BY CONFUSION CONCERNING PERSONAL AND SEXUAL IDENTITY AND AN INHIBITION OF AGGRESSION. THE INSERTORS DISPLAYED THE GREATEST DEGREE OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; THEY OPENLY ADMITTED REBELLIOUSLY DEVIANT THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIORS AND APPEARED QUITE PSYCHOTICLIKE IN THEIR THINKING. (18 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
