The Association of Personality Disorder Symptoms with Treatment Completion and Recidivism in Legally Involved Individuals Referred to Community-Based Treatment
Abstract
Prevalence rates for different personality disorders (PDs) have varied among offender populations. However, in addition to antisocial PD, some of the other PDs have exhibited high prevalence rates among previous forensic studies. Despite this, there is limited research analyzing how all 10 PDs each present concerning mental health and recidivism in forensic populations. The current study aims to address this gap in the literature by examining the effects of PD symptomology on treatment completion, non-violent recidivism, and violent recidivism, in 219 offenders who were referred for community-based treatment. Chi-square test and independent sample t-tests highlighted stronger predictive effects for the use of continuous PD variables in predicting all three outcomes, but particularly for treatment completion. Forward stepwise logistic regression analyses found unique findings relating to the predictive effects of PD symptom severity on treatment completion, non-violent recidivism, and violent recidivism in a large offender treatment sample.
Subject Area
Psychology|Criminology
Recommended Citation
Lukoff, Jennie Simone, "The Association of Personality Disorder Symptoms with Treatment Completion and Recidivism in Legally Involved Individuals Referred to Community-Based Treatment" (2022). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI29261633.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI29261633
