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August 14, 2026Industrial Psychiatry JournalOpen Access

Personality traits and antisocial beliefs in violent and nonviolent offenders: A cross-sectional study from an Indian Central prison

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SKShubham KulkarniSDShilpa DeshmukhNMNikhil Mohan

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Cross-sectional study reveals distinct personality traits and antisocial beliefs in violent versus nonviolent prison inmates, highlighting the need for tailored rehabilitation approaches.

Key Points

  • To compare personality traits and antisocial belief systems between violent and nonviolent criminal offenders and identify independent predictors of violent offending.
  • Assessed 211 inmates (190 males and 21 females) at a Central Jail in Pune, India, using a cross-sectional study design.
  • Administered individual structured interviews incorporating a sociodemographic and offense proforma, the Big Five Inventory-10, and the Antisocial Beliefs Scale.
  • Compared violent and nonviolent cohorts and evaluated predictors of violent crime using SPSS and multiple regression analysis.
  • Violent offenders were significantly older than nonviolent offenders (31.9 ± 11.5 vs. 27.4 ± 11.1 years, P < 0.01) and displayed higher extraversion scores and more extensive criminal histories.
  • Nonviolent offenders exhibited significantly higher rates of prior victimization, childhood abuse, and egocentric beliefs.
  • Multiple regression identified older age, higher extraversion, higher intimate beliefs, and lower egocentrism as significant independent predictors of violent offending.

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Kulkarni et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec78db70b84ec8b913eedhttps://doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_63_26
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