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  • Clinical Psychology
  • Criminology

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  • Assessing risk factors for sexual recidivism is crucial for public safety and offender management.
  • The Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) is a widely used measure of hostility.
  • Understanding the predictive validity of hostility measures in incarcerated populations is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if scores and changes on the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) predict sexual recidivism.
  • To examine pre- and posttreatment scores, difference scores, and clinically significant change on the BDHI.
  • To determine the utility of specific BDHI subscales in predicting sexual offending behavior.

Main Methods:

  • A sample of 120 adult male incarcerated sexual offenders was assessed.
  • Pre- and posttreatment scores on the BDHI were collected and analyzed.
  • Statistical analyses examined the predictive relationship between BDHI scores/change and sexual recidivism.

Main Results:

  • Higher posttreatment scores on the Assault and Verbal Hostility subscales significantly predicted sexual recidivism.
  • Most participants had functional pretreatment BDHI scores, and many with dysfunctional scores showed no change.
  • Other BDHI scores, change scores, and classifications did not significantly predict sexual recidivism.

Conclusions:

  • The Assault and Verbal Hostility subscales of the BDHI may offer utility in predicting sexual recidivism.
  • Findings were not strongly consistent with the BDHI assessing dynamic risk factors for sexual recidivism.
  • Further rigorous research is required due to study limitations before definitive conclusions can be drawn.