Psychopathic traits as predictors of future criminality, intimate partner aggression, and substance use in young adult men.
Psychopathic traits as predictors of future criminality, intimate partner aggression, and substance use in young adult men.
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DOI：
10.1037/lhb0000148
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发表时间：
2015-12
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Pardini DA
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文献类型：
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作者：
Colins OF;Andershed H;Pardini DA
本研究探讨了青年精神病特质量表（YPI）的分数和各种负面结果之间的前瞻性关系，在社区样本的年轻男子。官方犯罪记录和自我报告的结果，包括犯罪行为，对亲密伴侣的身体和关系攻击以及过度使用药物，平均在YPI评估后5.4年（记录）和3.5年（自我报告）获得。结果表明，在控制了几个协变量后，用YPI（大约在25岁时）测量的精神病特征对预测未来的官方刑事指控和自我报告的犯罪，对亲密伴侣的身体攻击以及过度饮酒和大麻使用没有显着贡献。然而，研究结果还表明，在YPI上得分较高的男性更有可能在未来对伴侣实施关系攻击行为，即使在控制了先前的关系攻击之后。然而，这一新发现需要重复，而且--就目前而言--并不危及总体结论，即用YPI测量的精神病特质很难预测先前的犯罪和攻击行为。总而言之，本研究的结果及其与过去研究的一致性表明，人们应该重新考虑精神病措施的作用，以进行风险评估，至少当这些措施不索引以前的犯罪行为。
This study examined the prospective relation between Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) scores and various negative outcomes in a community sample of young men. Official criminal records and self-reported outcomes, including criminality, physical and relational aggression against intimate partners and excessive substance use, were obtained on average 5.4 years (records) and 3.5 years (self-reports) after the YPI assessment. Results showed that psychopathic traits measured with the YPI (approximately at age 25) did not significantly contribute to the prediction of future official criminal charges and self-reported crime, physical aggression against intimate partners, and excessive alcohol and marijuana use, after controlling for several covariates. However, results also showed that men with higher scores on the YPI were more likely to commit future acts of relational aggression against their partner, even after controlling for prior relational aggression. This novel finding needs replication, though, and -for now- does not jeopardize the overall conclusion that psychopathic traits as measured with the YPI hardly predict over and above prior criminality and aggression. Altogether, the findings of the present study and their consistency with past research suggest that one should rethink the role of psychopathy measures for risk assessment purposes, at least when these measures do not index prior criminality.