Psychopathy is related to negative affectivity but not to anxiety sensitivity
Psychopathy is related to negative affectivity but not to anxiety sensitivity
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DOI：
10.1016/s0005-7967(03)00192-x
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Kosson, DS
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作者：
Hale, LR;Goldstein, DS;Kosson, DS
虽然精神病患者的特征是经历焦虑的能力降低，这一假设是许多精神病理论的核心，但大多数先前的研究都是对文献中普遍认为过时的焦虑和恐惧测量的研究。此外，先前的研究结果是混杂的，有几项研究报告精神病和焦虑之间没有关系，还有一些研究表明，精神病和焦虑在情感和人际方面存在负相关，而在反社会行为方面存在正相关。为了检验精神病态维度是否与当代焦虑测量相关，对157名男性囚犯进行了焦虑敏感性指数和状态特质焦虑量表-特质量表。参与者还完成了mmpi衍生的威尔士焦虑量表（WAS），该量表通常用于精神病研究。在控制特质焦虑后，分析没有证据表明精神病患者的情感、人际因素与焦虑敏感性呈负相关。特质焦虑和WAS得分与精神病的反社会行为维度呈正相关。研究结果确实重复了先前WAS和精神病之间的关系，表明WAS可能测量的是与焦虑不同的消极情绪方面。(C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
Although the hypothesis that psychopathic individuals are characterized by a reduced capacity for experiencing anxiety is central to many theories of psychopathy, most prior studies have examined anxiety and fear measures generally considered outdated in the literature. Moreover, prior findings are mixed, with several studies reporting no relationships between psychopathy and anxiety, and others suggesting negative relationships for the affective, interpersonal aspects of the disorder and positive relationships for the antisocial behavior dimension. To examine whether psychopathy dimensions are associated with contemporary measures of anxiety, the Anxiety Sensitivity Index and State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait scale were administered to 157 male inmates. Participants also completed the MMPI-derived Welsh Anxiety Scale (WAS), commonly used in psychopathy studies. Analyses provide no evidence for a negative relationship between psychopathy's affective, interpersonal factor and anxiety sensitivity after controlling for trait anxiety. Trait anxiety and WAS scores were positively associated with the antisocial behavior dimension of psychopathy. Findings do replicate prior relationships between the WAS and psychopathy, suggesting the WAS may measure aspects of negative affectivity that differ from anxiety. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.