RESULTS: Body modifications were a weak predictor (5%) of aggression intensity among male prisoners. About 20% of the study participants, regardless of having a body modification, presented aggression characterized by severe personality pathology.
CONCLUSIONS: Nowadays, body modifications should not be treated as an indicator of severe psychopathology and more aggressive relations with others, including among convicted men. In prisoners who presented high levels of aggression, identity diffusion was observed and treated as a form of adaptation, characteristic for borderline personality integration.
结果:身体修饰是男性囚犯攻击强度的弱预测因子(5%)。大约20%的研究参与者,不管是否有身体修饰,表现出侵略的特征是严重的人格病理学。
结论:如今,身体修饰不应被视为严重的精神病理学和与他人更具侵略性关系的指标,包括被定罪的人。在表现出高度攻击性的囚犯中,身份扩散被观察到并被视为一种适应形式,边缘人格整合的特征。