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Psychological Charecteristics of Domestic Violence Perpetrators
Růžičková, Linda ; Čáp, David (advisor) ; Boukalová, Hedvika (referee)
This thesis focuses on personality characteristics of the specific group of population, and that is the population of domestic violence perpetrators. The thesis briefly deals with the phenomenon of domestic violence and then it focuses not only on the personality of domestic violence perpetrator, but also on factors that can increase probability of violent behavior occurrence. In the research, which was realised, areas of impulsivity, distinctive personality styles and reactions to stressful situations are measured by semi-structured interview, Rosenzweig's picture frustration test and Inventory of personality styles and personality disorders in a group of domestic violence perpetrators. The aim of the research is (following the theoretical background) to find out if there is any possible feature, which could be characteristic for the group of domestic violence perpetrators. By individual methods it was found out that examined individuals appear to be impulsive, but they do not have a common feature within reactions to stressful situations. In the case of distinctive personality styles there were increased mean values within the scales connected to disocial, paranoid, negativistic, borderline and self-sacrificing personality disorder. Keywords Domestic violence, perpetrator's personality,...
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