Clarifying the link between childhood abuse history and psychopathic traits in adult criminal offenders.
Clarifying the link between childhood abuse history and psychopathic traits in adult criminal offenders.
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10.1037/per0000147
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2016-07
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Koenigs M
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Dargis M;Newman J;Koenigs M
儿童期虐待是发展外化特征和障碍的危险因素，包括反社会人格障碍和精神变态。然而，特定类型的儿童期虐待与随后的反社会和精神病特征之间的确切关系仍然不清楚。利用183名被监禁的成年男性罪犯的大样本，目前的研究证实，儿童时期虐待的总体严重程度与成年后精神变态和反社会人格障碍的严重程度有关。此外，这种关系在身体虐待和精神变态的反社会方面尤其强烈。性虐待史与青少年行为障碍的严重程度唯一相关，而不是与成年人的精神变态或反社会行为有关。此外，童年虐待与青少年行为障碍之间的关系明显强于童年虐待与孤独症或精神病之间的关系。这些发现支持并澄清了童年虐待和后来的反社会行为之间的联系。
Childhood abuse is a risk factor for the development of externalizing characteristics and disorders, including antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy. However, the precise relationships between particular types of childhood maltreatment and subsequent antisocial and psychopathic traits remain unclear. Using a large sample of incarcerated adult male criminal offenders (n = 183), the current study confirmed that severity of overall childhood maltreatment was linked to severity of both psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder in adulthood. Moreover, this relationship was particularly strong for physical abuse and the antisocial facet of psychopathy. Sexual abuse history was uniquely related to juvenile conduct disorder severity, rather than adult psychopathy or antisocial behaviors. Additionally, there was a significantly stronger relationship between childhood maltreatment and juvenile conduct disorder than between childhood maltreatment and ASPD or psychopathy. These findings bolster and clarify the link between childhood maltreatment and antisocial behavior later in life.