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Violation of conscious self-regulation in conditions of uncertainty as a factor in criminalization

Abstract

The purpose of the article was the determination the factors of criminalization associated with the deficiency of conscious self-regulation and tolerance to uncertainty in persons without mental pathology. Were examined 74 mentally healthy men, the ain group consisted of persons accused of committing illegal actions (n = 20). An assessment of the individual psychological characteristics of self-regulation and tolerance to uncertainty was carried out using a set of techniques based on the principle of functional tests and questionnaires. Peculiarities of self-regulation, situational analysis and tolerance to uncertainty in persons who have committed illegal actions were identified, as well as the factors of criminalization associated with the level of development of predictive abilities, intolerance to uncertainty in the field of interpersonal relations and the ability to adequately assess the results of their behavior. It was found that mentally healthy persons with criminal behavior are characterized by impulsivity in decision-making, difficulties in overcoming interfering factors in cognitively difficult situations, and a high aggressive focus, especially when the informational complexity of the situation or its high level of uncertainty.

About the Authors

V. G. Bulygina
V. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology ; Moscow State University of Psychology & Education
Russian Federation

Vera Gennadevna Bulygina – Dr. Psychol. Sci., Head of Mental Hygiene and Psychoprophylaxis laboratory; Prof. of Department of Clinical and Forensic Psychology

Kropotkinsky lane, 23, Moscow, 119001 

Sretenka Str., 29, Moscow, 127051 



E. S. Shekhovtsova
V. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology
Russian Federation

Elena Sergeevna Shekhovtsova – Research Associate of the Department of psychogenic and personality disorders 

Kropotkinsky lane, 23, Moscow, 119001 



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Bulygina V.G., Shekhovtsova E.S. Violation of conscious self-regulation in conditions of uncertainty as a factor in criminalization. Bulletin of psychotherapy. 2020;1(76):47-60. (In Russ.)

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