The role-taking hypothesis in delinquency.

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This study tested the hypothesis upon which Gough based his Delinquency Scale (De), that "role-taking deficiency and social insensitivity were characteristic of psychopaths." Among the findings was the implication that "if incapacity in role-taking implies a relative inability to understand and predict one''s own social stimulus value in a particular setting, the findings of this study support indirectly the theoretical assumption upon which the De scale is based. The scale itself apparently discriminates between Ss on their ability to see themselves as others see them.

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