Criminal thinking: exploring its relationship with prosocial behavior, emotional intelligence, and cultural dimensions

• Autores: José Miguel Escrig Espuig, Manuel Martí Vilar, Francisco González Sala
• Localización: Anuario de psicología jurídica, ISSN 1133-0740, Nº. 33, 2023, págs. 9-15
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5093/apj2022a2
• Títulos paralelos:
  • El pensamiento delictivo: análisis de la relación con el comportamiento prosocial, la inteligencia emocional y las dimensiones culturales
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  • español

    El presente estudio explora la relación entre el pensamiento delictivo y otras variables relacionadas con la cognición delictiva. Se eligió la conducta prosocial, la inteligencia emocional y las dimensiones culturales para comprobar su capacidad para predecir el pensamiento delictivo. La muestra constó de 695 estudiantes universitarios y adultos no universitarios elegidos por muestreo no probabilístico. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron las Criminal Sentiments Scales (CSS-M), la escala de prosocialidad, la escala de inteligencia emocional (EQI-C) y la escala de dimensiones culturales en su adaptación española. Las pruebas realizadas incluyen un MANOVA, correlaciones y regresiones lineales utilizando el programa SPSS 26 y finalmente se propone un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM) con los resultados obtenidos. Las puntuaciones en pensamiento delictivo mostraron diferencias significativas según la edad de los participantes. El SEM indicó que evitar la incertidumbre es un buen predictor del pensamiento delictivo. Además, la conducta prosocial y la inteligencia emocional son buenos predictores de la evitación de la incertidumbre. Aunque sean necesarios futuros estudios, estos resultados pueden ser útiles en próximas investigaciones y para mejorar los programas de rehabilitación o prevención del comportamiento delictivo.

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    This study explores the relationship between criminal thinking and other variables related to criminal cognition. Prosocial behavior, emotional intelligence, and cultural dimensions were chosen to check their predictive capacity for criminal thinking. The research sample comprised 695 young university students and adults, chosen by a non-probabilistic sampling method. The instruments used were the Criminal Sentiments Scales (CSS-M), the Prosociality Scale, the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EQI-C), and the Scale of Cultural Dimensions in its Spanish adaptation. A MANOVA, correlations, and lineal regressions were conducted using SPSS 26 and a SEM was proposed with the results obtained. Criminal thinking’s scores showed differences depending on the age of the participants. The SEM indicated that uncertainty avoidance is a good predictor of criminal thinking. Also, prosocial behavior and emotional intelligence are good predictors of uncertainty avoidance. Although future studies are needed, these results could be used to help future research, rehabilitation, or prevention programs.

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