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Disturbo Post-Traumatico e comportamento criminale: rischio di recidiva e costrutti personali
Titolo Rivista: MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA 
Autori/Curatori: Vittoria Ardino, Paola Di Blasio, Luca Milani 
Anno di pubblicazione:  2016 Fascicolo: 2 suppl. Fascicolo speciale 2016 - Forme di violenza e conseguenze psicologiche Lingua: Italiano 
Numero pagine:  23 P. 107-129 Dimensione file:  272 KB
DOI:  10.3280/MAL2016-S02007
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Gli eventi traumatici causano esiti psicopatologici di natura diversa e con diverse configurazioni di sintomi. Il presente studio analizza le cognizioni post-traumatiche nei contesti forensi per verificare le connessioni tra esperienze di traumatizzazione precoce, sintomi del Disturbo Post-Traumatico da Stress e rischio di recidiva di reato in una popolazione carceraria. L’ipotesi principale sostiene che cognizioni disfunzionali (worry, percezione negativa del supporto degli altri) mediano la relazione tra i sintomi DPTS ed il rischio di recidiva. Lo studio, inoltre, esplora il modello della Psicologia dei Costrutti Personali basato sulla teoria di Kelly (1995) per comprendere in che modo un sistema di credenze post-traumatico possa frammentare la visione del mondo e del Sé del campione. I risultati hanno mostrato che la percezione negativa del supporto degli altri media tra sintomi DPTS e rischio di recidiva e che i partecipanti con i sintomi DPTS hanno maggiori difficoltà ad integrare eventi traumatici e il reato stesso all’interno del loro sistema di costrutti e credenze.


Keywords: Trauma, DPTS, costrutti cognitivi, recidiva di reato.

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