Race, psychopathy and the self: a discourse analytic study.

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  • Author(s): Stowell-Smith M;Stowell-Smith M; McKeown M
  • Source:
    The British journal of medical psychology [Br J Med Psychol] 1999 Dec; Vol. 72 ( Pt 4), pp. 459-70.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: British Psychological Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0370640 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0007-1129 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00071129 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Med Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Letchworth Eng : British Psychological Society
      Original Publication: London [etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      Racial Groups* ; Self Concept*; Mental Disorders/*ethnology; Black or African American/psychology ; Crime ; Humans ; Internal-External Control ; Male ; Mental Disorders/psychology ; Models, Psychological ; Psychopathology ; White People/psychology
    • Abstract:
      This discourse analytic study explores the implicit psychological models articulated within the admission reports of black and white men admitted to a forensic hospital under the diagnostic category of psychopathy. The white admission reports reproduce a traditional psychological model of the self in which intra-psychic states are causally linked to external behaviour whilst the black reports de-emphasize internal states and stress the relevance of the external world in influencing psychological equilibrium. The influence of these models upon the experience of psychopathology is discussed and it is argued that they are directly relevant to the (seemingly) paradoxical underepresentation of black men under the medico-legal category of psychopathy.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20000101 Date Completed: 20000421 Latest Revision: 20221207
    • Publication Date:
      20240627
    • Accession Number:
      10.1348/000711299160176
    • Accession Number:
      10616130