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The role of personality in the relationship between criminal social identity and criminal thinking style within a sample of prisoners with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BODUSZEK Daniel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 3(1), 2012, pp.12-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Social Identity Theory states that identity and thinking style are strongly related. This study explored the nature of personality in the relationship between criminal social identity and criminal thinking style. Data were obtained on a sample consisting of 312 male Polish prisoners with learning disabilities incarcerated in Nowogard High Security Prison in Poland. Findings indicated the unique effect of extraversion, psychoticism, in-group affect, and in-group ties on criminal thinking style. In terms of the moderating role of personality, the in-group affect was more strongly associated with criminal thinking for low levels of extraversion, whereas high levels of extraversion moderated the positive relationship between in-group ties and criminal thinking style. The findings suggest the moderating role of personality in the relationship between criminal identity and criminal thinking style of offenders with learning difficulties.