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TY - THES AU - Paetow, Rebecca TI - Psychophysiologische Reaktionen männlicher Straftäter während der Regulation negativer Emotionen PB - Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen VL - Dissertation CY - Aachen M1 - RWTH-2023-01178 SP - 1 Online-Ressource : Illustrationen, Diagramme PY - 2023 N1 - Veröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University N1 - Dissertation, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, 2023 AB - Processing and regulation of emotion is a central aspect of human homeostasis. Moreover, it can occur as an explicit or implicit function controlling quantity, quality and duration of an emotional reaction. Aggression and psychopathy can disrupt the ability to control and regulate one’s emotions. Hence, criminal offenders form a population associated with a variety of emotional deficits. According to the literature, there is a significant expression of high psychopathy and low anger control in this community. In the study at hand, the influence of aggression and psychopathy on the regulation of negative emotions was examined: Therefore, a male sample of 25 criminal offenders and 20 healthy controls was recruited. In addition to demographic data, aggression, impulsivity and psychopathy were also registered. The experimental design was given by an emotion regulation paradigm containing a parallel measurement of electrodermal activity and self-assessment of valence. Electrodermal activity itself was considered as an objective marker for the recording of autonomic arousal. Criminal offenders were more aggressive in comparison to the healthy control group. However, there were no group differences in terms of psychopathy and impulsivity. The portion of so-called electrodermal non-responders was significantly higher in the offender sample. This aspect can be interpreted as a trait of a highly aggressive population. Nonetheless, both groups were able to regulate negative emotion effectively in terms of self-assessed valence during the experimental task. Consequently, both healthy controls and criminal offenders in this study maintained a functional active system of emotion regulation. This conclusion deviates from current research literature connecting higher levels of aggression with dysfunctional regulation of emotion. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)11 DO - DOI:10.18154/RWTH-2023-01178 UR - https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/889643 ER -