Psychopathy and Victim Selection: The Use of Gait as a Cue to Vulnerability
Psychopathy and Victim Selection: The Use of Gait as a Cue to Vulnerability
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DOI：
10.1177/0886260512475315
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发表时间：
2013-07-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Camilleri, Joseph A.
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作者：
Book, Angela;Costello, Kimberly;Camilleri, Joseph A.
先前的研究表明，受害者会表现出特有的肢体语言，特别是他们的行走方式（Grayson & Stein，1981）。在精神病态的人际/情感方面（因素 1）得分较高的个人，仅通过观察目标行走即可更准确地判断受害者的脆弱性（Wheeler、Book 和 Costello，2009）。本研究以加拿大安大略省最高安全监狱的囚犯为样本，探讨了精神病与评估受害者脆弱性的准确性之间的关系。四十七名囚犯观看了目标行走的短视频片段，并判断每个目标容易受害的程度。较高的因子 1 精神病评分（根据 PCL-R 测量；Hare 2003）与判断受害者脆弱性的准确性呈正相关。与非机构参与者的研究相反（Wheeler 等，2009），精神病因素 1 较高的囚犯更有可能通过提及受害者的步态来合理化他们的脆弱性判断。讨论了这些发现的意义。
Previous research has shown that victims display characteristic body language, specifically in their walking style (Grayson & Stein, 1981). Individuals scoring higher on the interpersonal/affective aspects of psychopathy (Factor 1) are more accurate at judging victim vulnerability simply from viewing targets walking (Wheeler, Book, & Costello, 2009). The present study examines the relation between psychopathy and accuracy in assessing victim vulnerability in a sample of inmates from a maximum security penitentiary in Ontario, Canada. Forty-seven inmates viewed short video clips of targets walking and judged how vulnerable each target was to victimization. Higher Factor 1 psychopathy scores (as measured by the PCL-R; Hare 2003) were positively related to accuracy in judging victim vulnerability. Contrary to research with noninstitutional participants (Wheeler et al., 2009), inmates higher on Factor 1 of psychopathy were more likely to rationalize their vulnerability judgments by mentioning the victim's gait. Implications of these findings are discussed.