TY - JOUR
T1 - Big Five personality traits in inmates and normal adults in Japan
AU - Shimotsukasa, Tadahiro
AU - Oshio, Atsushi
AU - Tani, Masayuki
AU - Yamaki, Mayuko
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded in part by JSPS KAKENHI , Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) No. 17K04376 . The Data-Sharing for Psychology in Japan (DSPJ) project was conducted by Atsushi Oshio ( Waseda University ), Asako Miura ( Kwansei Gakuin University ), Yuki Ueno ( JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Waseda University ), and Tetsuya Kawamoto ( JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Keio University ). This project was supported by JPSP KAKENHI 25380893 , Kwansei Gakuin University Joint Research Grant(B), JSPS KAKENHI 16J00972 , JSPS KAKENHI 16J07940 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/4/15
Y1 - 2019/4/15
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in personality traits among violent, theft, and illegal drug use criminals, comparing them with normal adults. Inmates (N = 645) and normal adults (N = 4546) in Japan responded to a questionnaire, including the Big Five personality traits. Results indicated that violent criminals tended to show lower Agreeableness and higher Extraversion than other criminals. Theft criminals tended to display low Conscientiousness. Illegal drug use criminals showed higher Extraversion and Openness. Inmates tended to show higher Extraversion, Agreeableness, Openness, and Conscientiousness than normal adults. Characteristics of personality traits of criminals were discussed.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in personality traits among violent, theft, and illegal drug use criminals, comparing them with normal adults. Inmates (N = 645) and normal adults (N = 4546) in Japan responded to a questionnaire, including the Big Five personality traits. Results indicated that violent criminals tended to show lower Agreeableness and higher Extraversion than other criminals. Theft criminals tended to display low Conscientiousness. Illegal drug use criminals showed higher Extraversion and Openness. Inmates tended to show higher Extraversion, Agreeableness, Openness, and Conscientiousness than normal adults. Characteristics of personality traits of criminals were discussed.
KW - Big Five personality
KW - Inmates
KW - Japanese
KW - Normal adults
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2018.12.018
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2018.12.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058929845
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 141
SP - 81
EP - 85
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -