ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOPATHY AS A FUNCTION OF AGE
ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOPATHY AS A FUNCTION OF AGE
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DOI：
10.1037/0021-843x.103.4.604
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发表时间：
1994-11-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
HARE, RD
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作者：
HARPUR, TJ;HARE, RD
在889名16岁至69岁的男性囚犯中，对精神病的评估随年龄变化进行了检验。采用精神病评定量表(PCL)对2个相关因素进行评定。因素1描述了一系列以精神变态为中心的情感-人际关系特征。因素2描述了与不稳定的、非社会化的生活方式或社交偏差相关的特征和行为。横断面分析表明，因子1的平均得分在整个年龄跨度内是稳定的；因子2的平均得分随着年龄的增长而下降。反社会人格障碍的患病率，以及PCL定义的较小程度的精神病，也随着年龄的增长而下降。结果与精神变态的概念是一致的，包括两个相互关联但截然不同的概念。他们还表明，与冲动、社交偏差和反社会行为相关的特征的年龄相关差异，并不一定与精神变态的基本特征--自我中心、操纵和冷酷无情特征的差异平行。
The assessment of psychopathy was examined as a function of age in 889 male prison inmates between the ages of 16 and 69. Ratings of psychopathy were made with the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL), which measures 2 correlated factors. Factor 1 describes a cluster of affective-interpersonal traits central to psychopathy. Factor 2 describes traits and behaviors associated with an unstable, unsocialized lifestyle, or social deviance. Cross-sectional analyses revealed that mean scores on Factor 1 were stable across the age-span; mean scores on Factor 2 declined with age. The prevalence of antisocial personality disorder, and, to a lesser extent of PCL-defined psychopathy, also declined with age. The results are consistent with a conceptualization of psychopathy as encompassing 2 correlated but distinct constructs. They also suggest that age-related differences in traits related to impulsivity, social deviance, and antisocial behavior are not necessarily paralleled by differences in the egocentric, manipulative, and callous traits fundamental to psychopathy.