Jane L Ireland
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 170717 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jane L Ireland |
| PRENOMES | Jane L |
| SOBRENOME | Ireland |
| ASSINATURA | IRELAND J L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Lancashire |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5117-5930 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 44 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 87 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1998 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Gaslighting, coercive control and stalking in intimate relationships
Purpose The study aims to examine the relationship between the gaslighting of intimate partners and other forms of emotional abuse, considering a potential role for personality. Design/methodology/approach In all, 246 community participants completed online questionnaires examining gaslighting and other forms of abuse. Of these, 73% identified as women. Participants completed the Gaslighting Behaviour Questionnaire (GBQ), Revised Controlling Beha…
Advancing the assessment of child sexual exploitation
Purpose This paper aims to explore the quality of assessments available where a child is felt to be vulnerable to child sexual exploitation (CSE). In particular it considers the preliminary reliability and validity of the Child Adolescent Sexual Exploitation Evaluation (CASEE, Ireland et al., 2025), which aims to consider vulnerability and protective factors in a child felt to be exposed to CSE concerns. Design/methodology/approach It comprises o…
Potential Sources of Moral Injury for Healthcare Workers in Forensic and Psychiatric Settings
The current research examines potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) faced by healthcare professionals working in forensic and psychiatric environments. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify peer-reviewed articles reporting on sources of moral injury or similar concepts (e.g., moral distress) for healthcare workers in such settings. Thirty articles were included and analyzed using a meta-ethnographic approach. Synthesis y…
Risk and protective factors for self-harm in secure mental health hospitals
Aggressiveness, inhibitory control, and emotional states
The current study examines the effects of trait aggressiveness, inhibitory control and emotional states on aggressive behavior in a laboratory paradigm. One hundred and fifty‐one adult participants took part (73 men, 71 women, and 7 nondisclosed). Event Related Potentials (ERPs) during a Go/No‐Go task were utilized to capture the extent of inhibitory processing, with a laboratory provocation paradigm used to assess aggression. Contrary to the exp…
Risk and protective factors in risk assessment
Structured clinical risk assessments represent a preferred means of assessing levels of aggression risk at different times and in different individuals. Increasing attention has been given to capturing protective factors, with sound risk assessment critical to high-secure forensic mental health care. The aim was to assess the predictive value of the HCR-20 v3 for aggression risk and the long-term care pilot version of the SAPROF (the SAPROF-LC-pi…
Defining and identifying potentially morally injurious experiences for secure mental healthcare workers
Purpose Staff in secure mental health-care settings face unique occupational challenges that may conflict with their personal or professional moral code. Initial research has established the presence of moral injury in this population, though insight into the specific sources and driving factors at the root of this syndrome is limited. The purpose of this study was to identify potentially morally injurious events and associated risk factors for s…
Understanding the sleep-aggression relationship in a forensic mental health sample
The contribution of cognition to the sleep-aggression relationship is explored via three connected studies, involving adult male forensic patients detained in a high secure hospital. Study 1 included 31 patients, interviewed to examine their experiences of specific sleep problems. In Study 2, 42 patients completed a series of measures examining sleep dysfunction, aggression, and cognition, while Study 3 was designed to impact on sleep via a cogni…
The centrality of cognition and coping styles in driving aggressive responses
OBJECTIVE: Despite the presence of theoretical frameworks explaining aggression, they still require refinement in the form of a specification of mechanisms that facilitate such behaviour. METHOD: Study 1 recruited participants (N = 31) from the general population (N = 20) and from a forensic hospital (N = 11). It was expected that aggression supportive cognitions and stress would be positively associated with aggressive behaviour. An experimental…
Animal Abuse Proclivity Among Women
Two studies examining adult women are presented. The first (n = 162) examines the relationship between proclivity (i.e. interest in, predisposition) to abuse animals and the link to aggression motivation, with psychopathy traits, sadism and general maladaptive personality explored. The second study (n = 159) extended to focus on callous-unemotional traits. We predicted that proclivity to abuse would be associated with increased proactive aggressi…
Psychopathy and trauma
The Handbook of Collective Violence
This chapter considers prison gangs by outlining definitional challenges that concern this social phenomenon before examining the importance of accounting for the specifics of prison environments. As a consequence, the chapter presents a social eco-system approach to understanding prison gangs, and in doing so, accounts for theories of importation, strain and deprivation, incorporating these into a proposed Gang Social-Ecosystem Model (G-SEM). Ad…
Research priorities for the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents the greatest international biopsychosocial emergency the world has faced for a century, and psychological science has an integral role to offer in helping societies recover. The aim of this paper is to set out the shorter- and longer-term priorities for research in psychological science that will (a) frame t…
A Tribute to Professor John Archer
The Routledge International Handbook of Human Aggression
This chapter examines mainly same-sex aggression in adolescent peer groups and in sexual competition between adult women. Reviews from the 1980s were more cautious, and while they agreed that males were physically more aggressive than females, they saw sex differences in aggression to be a question of quality rather than quantity. The chapter suggests that research to date had an overemphasis on physical aggression, while other forms, most notabl…
Exploring the relationship between sleep quality, emotional well-being and aggression levels in a European sample
Purpose Sleep deprivation is well known to negatively affect mood, cognition and behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between sleep quantity, subjective sleep quality and aggression, hostility and well-being levels among adults in a non-clinical population. Design/methodology/approach In total, 201 participants aged 18 and above from Germany, UK and the Netherlands completed an online survey consisting of a Pittsbur…
Attitudes towards prisoner-to-prisoner bullying and the association with prison environments
Purpose: The research aims to examine attitudes towards prisoner-to-prisoner bullying, further considering the association between attitudes and characteristics of the prison environment thought to promote prisoner bullying. Methodology: Questionnaires were administered to 423 adult male prisoners and 195 correctional officers from three prisons in Canada. Participants completed the Prison Bullying Scale (PBS) and the Prison Environmental Scale (…
Bullying in secure settings
Characteristics of bullies and victims among incarcerated male young offenders
Purpose: The main aim of this research is to investigate the characteristics of bullies and victims in Canadian institutions for young offenders. The second aim is to investigate to what extent it is possible to develop risk scores that can predict who will become a bully or a victim. Design/methodology/approach: 185 male young offenders aged 16-19 in nine Ontario facilities were individually interviewed about their bullying and victimization, an…
Bullying Among Prisoners
Bullying in prisons can have severe consequences both for those directly involved and for the prison regime as a whole, yet the subject has been curiously neglected in the literature. In 1993, the Prison Service introduced their first anti-bullying strategy, and since then there has been a great deal of research on the subject. Bullying Among Prisoners summarises this research, and seeks to answer some important questions.Bullying Among Prisoners…
Bullying among Prisoners
Aggression and offence motivation in prisoners
This study examined aggression and offending motivation. Participants were 206 adult male prisoners. All completed the Aggression Motivation Questionnaire [Ireland, 2008], the Offending Motivation Questionnaire [Gudjonsson and Sigurdsson, 2004], the Multidimensional Anger Inventory [Siegel, 1986] and the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding [Paulhus, 1991]. It was predicted that aggression motivation would separate into two factors, one ref…
The Development and Factor Structure of a Questionnaire Measure of the Strength of Attachment to Pet Dogs
A 35-item questionnaire (DAQ: Dog Attachment Questionnaire) involving 5-point Likert responses to items designed to measure aspects of attachment to a pet/companion animal dog was constructed. The content was derived from theoretical treatments of adult human attachment, used in a broad sense as equivalent to an affectional bond. Items based on four groupings were modified for a pet dog. Two samples of dog owners (n = 112 and 306, respectively) w…
Do personality characteristics and beliefs predict intra‐group bullying between prisoners
This study assesses how beliefs about aggression and personality can predict engagement in intra‐group bullying among prisoners. A sample of 213 adult male prisoners completed the DIPC‐SCALED (bullying behavior), the EXPAGG (beliefs toward aggression), and the IPIP (a five‐factor measure of personality). It was predicted that bullies would hold greater instrumental beliefs supporting the use of aggression than the other categories, with perpetrat…
Sex Offenders and the Internet by K. Sheldon and D. Howitt and Assessing Risk in Sex Offenders
Chichester : John Wiley ( 2007 ) 296pp. £29.99pb ISBN 978-0-470-02801-8 Chichester : John Wiley ( 2008 ) 266pp. £29.99pb ISBN 978-0-470-01898-9 Both books provide a valuable and timely contribution to the literature. Clearly, both cover similar topics but are quantifiably different in focus. To address each in turn: Sex Offenders and the Internet is written using an engaging style. Although this borders on the journalistic on occasion this is not…
The perceived consequences of responding to bullying with aggression
This research addresses whether prisoners who bully others and/or are victimised themselves can be distinguished by the perceptions that they have of the consequences about using aggression as a solution to being bullied. Male and female adult prisoners (n = 406) were required to complete a self‐report behavioural checklist (Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behaviour Checklist [DIPC]) that addressed the level of bullying behaviour at their present in…
The Development and Factor Structure of a Questionnaire Measure of the Strength of Attachment to Pet Dogs
A 35-item questionnaire (DAQ: Dog Attachment Questionnaire) involving 5-point Likert responses to items designed to measure aspects of attachment to a pet/companion animal dog was constructed. The content was derived from theoretical treatments of adult human attachment, used in a broad sense as equivalent to an affectional bond. Items based on four groupings were modified for a pet dog. Two samples of dog owners (n = 112 and 306, respectively) w…
Derivation of a homesickness scale
A 33-item measure of homesickness (the Homesickness Questionnaire, HQ) was derived from features of grief modified for the circumstance of separation from home. In three samples of year 1 students (N = 264) during their first year at university, total HQ scores were highly correlated with a single-item measure of homesickness used in previous studies, and 28 items showed significant differences between subgroups divided on the basis of the single…
Behaviours indicative of bullying among young and juvenile male offenders
The actual characteristics of young offenders involved in behaviours indicative of “bullying others” or of “being bullied” have received only limited research attention. No research to date has focused on prison‐based behavioural characteristics. The present study aimed to explore these characteristics in a sample of young and juvenile male offenders. Subsidiary aims included examining the nature and extent of behaviours indicative of bullying, a…
Association between measures of aggression and bullying among juvenile and young offenders
This study addresses the relationship between aggression and behaviors indicative of bullying in a sample of incarcerated male juvenile and young offenders. The study also addresses whether or not offenders who bully others and/or are bullied themselves can be identified by the type of aggression that they report. Ninety‐five juvenile and 196 young offenders completed a self‐report behavioral checklist (DIPC: Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behavior…
Research priorities for the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents the greatest international biopsychosocial emergency the world has faced for a century, and psychological science has an integral role to offer in helping societies recover. The aim of this paper is to set out the shorter- and longer-term priorities for research in psychological science that will (a) frame t…
Attachment, emotional loneliness, and bullying behaviour
This research addresses the question of whether or not offenders who bully others and/or are victimised themselves can be distinguished by their attachment styles and the level of emotional loneliness that they report. Adult and young male offenders (n = 220) were required to complete a self‐report behavioural checklist (DIPC: Direct and Indirect Prisoner behaviour Checklist: Ireland, 1999a) that addressed the level of bullying behaviour at their…
The relationship between social problem‐solving and bullying behaviour among male and female adult prisoners
The association between social problem solving and bullying behaviour among adult male and female prisoners is presented. A total of 210 male and 196 female prisoners were categorised into four groups: pure bullies, pure victims, bully/victims, and those not involved in bullying or victimisation. Prisoners completed a questionnaire that presented them with different bullying scenarios and were asked to suggest ways of dealing with each. Female bu…
Nature, extent, and causes of bullying among personality‐disordered patients in a high‐secure hospital
The present study explored the perceptions and experiences of the nature, extent and causes of bullying among personality‐disordered patients, with a subsidiary aim of exploring differences in perceptions between staff and patients. The sample was selected from the Personality Disorder Unit of a high secure hospital. The total sample consisted of 60 participants, 30 patients and 30 staff. Participants engaged in a semi‐structured interview based …
Exploring the relationship between sleep quality, emotional well-being and aggression levels in a European sample
Purpose Sleep deprivation is well known to negatively affect mood, cognition and behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between sleep quantity, subjective sleep quality and aggression, hostility and well-being levels among adults in a non-clinical population. Design/methodology/approach In total, 201 participants aged 18 and above from Germany, UK and the Netherlands completed an online survey consisting of a Pittsbur…
Aggression and offence motivation in prisoners
This study examined aggression and offending motivation. Participants were 206 adult male prisoners. All completed the Aggression Motivation Questionnaire [Ireland, 2008], the Offending Motivation Questionnaire [Gudjonsson and Sigurdsson, 2004], the Multidimensional Anger Inventory [Siegel, 1986] and the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding [Paulhus, 1991]. It was predicted that aggression motivation would separate into two factors, one ref…
Intra‐group aggression among prisoners
A new multiple indicator method of assessing bullying behaviour is employed (Direct and Indirect Prisoner behaviour Checklist – Scaled version [DIPC‐SCALED]) with 605 adult prisoners (487 men and 118 women). The study explores if the DIPC‐SCALED is a reliable method comprising of identifiable aggression factors; if prisoners can be classified into groups based on behavioural frequency; and if there is evidence for mutual victim/perpetrator groups…
Characteristics of male and female prisoners involved in bullying behavior
This study explores bullying behavior in a larger and more representative sample than previous prison‐based research. It has two core aims, first to explore the nature of bullying in relation to indirect and direct aggression and, second, to explore the predictors of bully‐category membership with particular reference to behavioral characteristics. Participants were adult men ( n =728) and women ( n =525) prisoners. All completed a behavioral mea…
Social self‐esteem and self‐reported bullying behaviour among adult prisoners
This paper addresses how social self‐esteem relates to self‐reported bullying behaviour among adult prisoners. It explores both level of self‐esteem and participants’ certainty of their self‐esteem. A total of 502 adult prisoners (285 men and 217 women) completed a self‐report behavioural checklist (Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behaviour Checklist) [Ireland JL. 1999. Aggres Behav 25:162–178] that addressed the level of bullying behaviour at their…
Characteristics of bullies and victims among incarcerated male young offenders
Purpose: The main aim of this research is to investigate the characteristics of bullies and victims in Canadian institutions for young offenders. The second aim is to investigate to what extent it is possible to develop risk scores that can predict who will become a bully or a victim. Design/methodology/approach: 185 male young offenders aged 16-19 in nine Ontario facilities were individually interviewed about their bullying and victimization, an…
Officer attitudes towards adult male prisoners who self‐harm
Purpose : The aim of the current study was to explore attitudes towards self‐harm in a sample of prison officers, with subsidiary aims of assessing if these attitudes alter as a function of the prisoner's behavior and the sex of the participant. Method : One hundred and sixty‐two officers (100 men and 62 women) completed a general measure of their attitudes towards prisoners and one designed to assess Attitudes towards Prisoners who Self‐Harm (AP…
Exploring definitions of bullying among personality disordered patients in a maximum-secure hospital
The current study explored the perceptions of staff and patients concerning how patient-to-patient bullying should be defined and what behaviours it should include. Participants were randomly selected from the Personality Disorder Unit of a maximum secure hospital. A total of sixty interviews were conducted (30 staff and 30 patients). Problems in attempting to utilise definitions of bullying developed for use in other contexts, i.e., schools, wer…
Behavioural assessment of bullying behaviour among personality disordered patients in a high secure hospital
The current study explored the nature and extent of direct, indirect, and coercive bullying behaviours among adult male forensic patients residing on a Personality-Disorder Unit. There was a subsidiary aim of examining the prevalence and characteristics of four categories of patients, namely ‘pure bullies,’ ‘bully/victims,’ ‘pure victims,’ and those ‘not-involved.’ It was predicted that patients would report more indirect than direct bullying beh…
Animal Abuse Proclivity Among Women
Two studies examining adult women are presented. The first (n = 162) examines the relationship between proclivity (i.e. interest in, predisposition) to abuse animals and the link to aggression motivation, with psychopathy traits, sadism and general maladaptive personality explored. The second study (n = 159) extended to focus on callous-unemotional traits. We predicted that proclivity to abuse would be associated with increased proactive aggressi…
Bullying in secure settings
Do personality characteristics and beliefs predict intra‐group bullying between prisoners
This study assesses how beliefs about aggression and personality can predict engagement in intra‐group bullying among prisoners. A sample of 213 adult male prisoners completed the DIPC‐SCALED (bullying behavior), the EXPAGG (beliefs toward aggression), and the IPIP (a five‐factor measure of personality). It was predicted that bullies would hold greater instrumental beliefs supporting the use of aggression than the other categories, with perpetrat…
Bullying among mentally-ill patients detained in a high-secure hospital
The present study is the first to explore patient-to-patient bullying within a secure psychiatric hospital housing mentally-ill patients. Its main aim was to provide an outline of the perceptions held by both patients and staff with regards to patient-to-patient bullying as opposed to providing an objective study of bullying. The total sample comprised 104 participants, 44 patients and 60 staff. These were sampled from wards housing male patients…
Derivation of a homesickness scale
A 33-item measure of homesickness (the Homesickness Questionnaire, HQ) was derived from features of grief modified for the circumstance of separation from home. In three samples of year 1 students (N = 264) during their first year at university, total HQ scores were highly correlated with a single-item measure of homesickness used in previous studies, and 28 items showed significant differences between subgroups divided on the basis of the single…
Bullying behaviors among male and female prisoners
This study describes behaviors generally recognised as bullying among male and female prisoners, with a subsidiary aim of comparing adult and young offenders. The study also describes the different groups involved in bullying and provides a description of the ways in which victims react to their victimization. It was predicted that gender and prison category differences would be found across the different types of bullying, with females reporting…
Descriptive analysis of the nature and extent of bullying behavior in a maximum-security prison
This aim of this study was to investigate the nature and extent of direct and indirect bullying in a maximum-security prison and to assess prisoners' attitudes toward victims of bullying. A total of 194 adult male prisoners completed the Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behavior Checklist (DIPC) [Ireland (1998): University of Central Lancashire; Ireland (1999a): Aggressive Behavior] and a modified version of the Rigby and Slee [1991: J Social Psychol…
The relationship between social problem‐solving and bullying behaviour among male and female adult prisoners
The association between social problem solving and bullying behaviour among adult male and female prisoners is presented. A total of 210 male and 196 female prisoners were categorised into four groups: pure bullies, pure victims, bully/victims, and those not involved in bullying or victimisation. Prisoners completed a questionnaire that presented them with different bullying scenarios and were asked to suggest ways of dealing with each. Female bu…
The perceived consequences of responding to bullying with aggression
This research addresses whether prisoners who bully others and/or are victimised themselves can be distinguished by the perceptions that they have of the consequences about using aggression as a solution to being bullied. Male and female adult prisoners (n = 406) were required to complete a self‐report behavioural checklist (Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behaviour Checklist [DIPC]) that addressed the level of bullying behaviour at their present in…
Social self‐esteem and self‐reported bullying behaviour among adult prisoners
This paper addresses how social self‐esteem relates to self‐reported bullying behaviour among adult prisoners. It explores both level of self‐esteem and participants’ certainty of their self‐esteem. A total of 502 adult prisoners (285 men and 217 women) completed a self‐report behavioural checklist (Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behaviour Checklist) [Ireland JL. 1999. Aggres Behav 25:162–178] that addressed the level of bullying behaviour at their…
Anger management therapy with young male offenders
The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of a brief group‐based anger management intervention with young male offenders. Eighty‐seven prisoners were assessed as suitable for the intervention. Fifty of these made up the experimental group and 37 the control. Prior to intervention prisoners completed a self‐report anger questionnaire (Anger Management Assessment questionnaire: AMA). Prisoners were also assessed by officers on a …
Attachment, emotional loneliness, and bullying behaviour
This research addresses the question of whether or not offenders who bully others and/or are victimised themselves can be distinguished by their attachment styles and the level of emotional loneliness that they report. Adult and young male offenders (n = 220) were required to complete a self‐report behavioural checklist (DIPC: Direct and Indirect Prisoner behaviour Checklist: Ireland, 1999a) that addressed the level of bullying behaviour at their…
Association between measures of aggression and bullying among juvenile and young offenders
This study addresses the relationship between aggression and behaviors indicative of bullying in a sample of incarcerated male juvenile and young offenders. The study also addresses whether or not offenders who bully others and/or are bullied themselves can be identified by the type of aggression that they report. Ninety‐five juvenile and 196 young offenders completed a self‐report behavioral checklist (DIPC: Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behavior…
Nature, extent, and causes of bullying among personality‐disordered patients in a high‐secure hospital
The present study explored the perceptions and experiences of the nature, extent and causes of bullying among personality‐disordered patients, with a subsidiary aim of exploring differences in perceptions between staff and patients. The sample was selected from the Personality Disorder Unit of a high secure hospital. The total sample consisted of 60 participants, 30 patients and 30 staff. Participants engaged in a semi‐structured interview based …
Exploring definitions of bullying among personality disordered patients in a maximum-secure hospital
The current study explored the perceptions of staff and patients concerning how patient-to-patient bullying should be defined and what behaviours it should include. Participants were randomly selected from the Personality Disorder Unit of a maximum secure hospital. A total of sixty interviews were conducted (30 staff and 30 patients). Problems in attempting to utilise definitions of bullying developed for use in other contexts, i.e., schools, wer…
Behavioural assessment of bullying behaviour among personality disordered patients in a high secure hospital
The current study explored the nature and extent of direct, indirect, and coercive bullying behaviours among adult male forensic patients residing on a Personality-Disorder Unit. There was a subsidiary aim of examining the prevalence and characteristics of four categories of patients, namely ‘pure bullies,’ ‘bully/victims,’ ‘pure victims,’ and those ‘not-involved.’ It was predicted that patients would report more indirect than direct bullying beh…
Bullying among mentally-ill patients detained in a high-secure hospital
The present study is the first to explore patient-to-patient bullying within a secure psychiatric hospital housing mentally-ill patients. Its main aim was to provide an outline of the perceptions held by both patients and staff with regards to patient-to-patient bullying as opposed to providing an objective study of bullying. The total sample comprised 104 participants, 44 patients and 60 staff. These were sampled from wards housing male patients…
Behaviours indicative of bullying among young and juvenile male offenders
The actual characteristics of young offenders involved in behaviours indicative of “bullying others” or of “being bullied” have received only limited research attention. No research to date has focused on prison‐based behavioural characteristics. The present study aimed to explore these characteristics in a sample of young and juvenile male offenders. Subsidiary aims included examining the nature and extent of behaviours indicative of bullying, a…
Characteristics of male and female prisoners involved in bullying behavior
This study explores bullying behavior in a larger and more representative sample than previous prison‐based research. It has two core aims, first to explore the nature of bullying in relation to indirect and direct aggression and, second, to explore the predictors of bully‐category membership with particular reference to behavioral characteristics. Participants were adult men ( n =728) and women ( n =525) prisoners. All completed a behavioral mea…
Officer attitudes towards adult male prisoners who self‐harm
Purpose : The aim of the current study was to explore attitudes towards self‐harm in a sample of prison officers, with subsidiary aims of assessing if these attitudes alter as a function of the prisoner's behavior and the sex of the participant. Method : One hundred and sixty‐two officers (100 men and 62 women) completed a general measure of their attitudes towards prisoners and one designed to assess Attitudes towards Prisoners who Self‐Harm (AP…
Sectioned offenders presenting with enduring mental illness
Logit and logistic regression analyses were employed to explore the nature, extent and predictors of behaviors indicative of “being bullied” and of “bullying others” in a sample of 125 adult male offender‐patients sectioned for enduring mental illness and detained within a high‐secure psychiatric hospital. The study addresses the lack of research into this specialized population to date, with a subsidiary aim of comparing the results directly wit…
Intra‐group aggression among prisoners
A new multiple indicator method of assessing bullying behaviour is employed (Direct and Indirect Prisoner behaviour Checklist – Scaled version [DIPC‐SCALED]) with 605 adult prisoners (487 men and 118 women). The study explores if the DIPC‐SCALED is a reliable method comprising of identifiable aggression factors; if prisoners can be classified into groups based on behavioural frequency; and if there is evidence for mutual victim/perpetrator groups…
Sex Offenders and the Internet by K. Sheldon and D. Howitt and Assessing Risk in Sex Offenders
Chichester : John Wiley ( 2007 ) 296pp. £29.99pb ISBN 978-0-470-02801-8 Chichester : John Wiley ( 2008 ) 266pp. £29.99pb ISBN 978-0-470-01898-9 Both books provide a valuable and timely contribution to the literature. Clearly, both cover similar topics but are quantifiably different in focus. To address each in turn: Sex Offenders and the Internet is written using an engaging style. Although this borders on the journalistic on occasion this is not…
Fear of bullying among prisoners
This study explores the association between fear of bullying and psychological distress. Participants were 293 adult prisoners, including men (n = 169) and women (n = 124), split into groups of ‘pure bullies’ (ie. solely reporting perpetration), ‘bully/victims’ (reporting perpetration and being victimised), ‘pure victims’ (reporting being victimised) and those ‘not‐involved’. All completed the Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behaviour Checklist ‐ Re…
Do personality characteristics and beliefs predict intra‐group bullying between prisoners
This study assesses how beliefs about aggression and personality can predict engagement in intra‐group bullying among prisoners. A sample of 213 adult male prisoners completed the DIPC‐SCALED (bullying behavior), the EXPAGG (beliefs toward aggression), and the IPIP (a five‐factor measure of personality). It was predicted that bullies would hold greater instrumental beliefs supporting the use of aggression than the other categories, with perpetrat…
Aggression and offence motivation in prisoners
This study examined aggression and offending motivation. Participants were 206 adult male prisoners. All completed the Aggression Motivation Questionnaire [Ireland, 2008], the Offending Motivation Questionnaire [Gudjonsson and Sigurdsson, 2004], the Multidimensional Anger Inventory [Siegel, 1986] and the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding [Paulhus, 1991]. It was predicted that aggression motivation would separate into two factors, one ref…
The Development and Factor Structure of a Questionnaire Measure of the Strength of Attachment to Pet Dogs
A 35-item questionnaire (DAQ: Dog Attachment Questionnaire) involving 5-point Likert responses to items designed to measure aspects of attachment to a pet/companion animal dog was constructed. The content was derived from theoretical treatments of adult human attachment, used in a broad sense as equivalent to an affectional bond. Items based on four groupings were modified for a pet dog. Two samples of dog owners (n = 112 and 306, respectively) w…
Bullying Among Prisoners
Bullying in prisons can have severe consequences both for those directly involved and for the prison regime as a whole, yet the subject has been curiously neglected in the literature. In 1993, the Prison Service introduced their first anti-bullying strategy, and since then there has been a great deal of research on the subject. Bullying Among Prisoners summarises this research, and seeks to answer some important questions.Bullying Among Prisoners…
Bullying among Prisoners
Psychology (38 obras) · Clinical Psychology (28 obras) · Medicine (26 obras) · Poison control (25 obras) · Clinical Psychology (24 obras) · Aggression (23 obras) · Medical emergency (22 obras) · Social Psychology (22 obras) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (21 obras) · Injury prevention (21 obras)