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  • College men who committed violence toward strangers and nonviolent men were studied using the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2).
  • The violent group scored higher in both denial mechanisms and antisocial practices compared to their nonviolent peers.
  • The findings suggest that this violent behavior is more indicative of immaturity than deeper psychological issues like psychopathy.

Article Abstract

College men who reported committing violence toward strangers (N = 30) and nonviolent college men (N = 30) completed Thematic Apperception Test cards (TAT) and responded to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Defense mechanisms were coded from the TAT responses with the Defense Mechanism Manual (DMM). The men who reported violence toward strangers had higher DMM Denial scores and higher MMPI-2 Antisocial Practices scores than the nonviolent men. Student violence toward strangers seems to reflect immaturity rather than psychopathy.

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