A Comparison of Mental Disorders in Two Groups of Prisoners Charged with Premeditated Murder and Kidnapping

Mahmoud  Shirazi; muhammad  Fardin; Ali  Arab; Zahra  Piri

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A Comparison of Mental Disorders in Two Groups of Prisoners Charged with Premeditated Murder and Kidnapping

Author(s):

Mahmoud Shirazi¹,

muhammad Fardin^2,*,

Ali Arab¹,

Zahra Piri³

1Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran, Iran

2psychology, Iran

3Department of food research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical science, Tehran, Iran, Iran

Annals of Military and Health Sciences Research:Vol. 14, issue 2; e12895

Published online:May 01, 2016

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 09, 2017

Accepted:Apr 01, 2016

How to Cite:Mahmoud Shirazimuhammad Fardin Ali Arab Zahra PiriA Comparison of Mental Disorders in Two Groups of Prisoners Charged with Premeditated Murder and Kidnapping.Ann Mil Health Sci Res.14(2):e12895.

Abstract

Purpose: The current study aimed to compare mental disorders in two groups of prisoners charged with premeditated murder and kidnapping. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study followed a casual-comparative design. The sample of this study included 60 prisoners charged with premeditated murder and 60 prisoners charged with kidnapping selected using simple random sampling method (sortation). To collect data, the Symptom Check List (SCL-90) was used. Results: Results of multivariate analysis of variance indicated a statistically significant difference between these two groups of prisoners charged with premeditated murder and kidnapping regarding mental disorder symptoms(F = 9.746, Wilks’ Lambda = .556, P = .00) such that prisoners charged with premeditated murder suffered from higher levels of anxiety, paranoid thoughts and psychosis and prisoners charged with kidnapping suffered more from depression, somatic symptoms, obsession, and phobia (P = .01). However, no significant difference was found between prisoners charged with premeditated murder and kidnapping with regard to aggression and interpersonal sensitivity (P = .05). Conclusion: The findings of this study revealed that both groups charged with premeditated murder and kidnapping suffer from high means on mental disorder symptoms.

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