A bifactor model of meanness, coldheartedness, callousness, and sadism

Anderson, Ashley E.; Marcus, David K.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.09.006

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“…It also supports general findings that sadism, as a more discrete and extreme form of callousness and lack of caring (O'Meara et al, 2011), is associated with a range of aggressive and antisocial behaviors (Anderson & Marcus, 2019). This now extends to animal abuse proclivity.…”

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“…Psychopathy was the only trait, nonetheless, to significantly associate with acts of cruelty, with higher levels associated with having intentionally killed an animal for no good reason, or having intentionally hurt or tortured an animal to cause pain. Kavanagh et al (2013) did not, however, extend their consideration to capture the Dark Tetrad (Anderson & Marcus, 2019;Paulhus et al, 2018). This extends the Dark Triad to include sadism, which clearly seems valuable to consider.…”

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“…However, it is distinguished from these other concepts by its focus on deriving pleasure from the suffering of others (O'Meara et al, 2011). Although those who are sadistic tend to be high in callous-unemotional traits, it is not true to say that those high in the latter are also high on measures of sadism (Anderson & Marcus, 2019). What is known is that an increased tendency to be sadistic associates with a range of aggressive and antisocial behaviors (Anderson & Marcus, 2019).…”

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“…Although those who are sadistic tend to be high in callous-unemotional traits, it is not true to say that those high in the latter are also high on measures of sadism (Anderson & Marcus, 2019). What is known is that an increased tendency to be sadistic associates with a range of aggressive and antisocial behaviors (Anderson & Marcus, 2019). Interestingly, sadism has not been assessed in relation to animal abuse, other than animal cruelty having been explored as a factor explaining the relationship between psychopathy and sadistic offending (Stupperich & Strack, 2016).…”

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Animal Abuse Proclivity Among Women: Exploring Callousness, Sadism, and Psychopathy Traits

Ireland¹,

Birch²,

Lewis

et al. 2021

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Two studies examining adult women are presented. The first (n = 162) examined the relationship between proclivity (i.e., interest in, predisposition) to abuse animals and the link to aggression motivation, with psychopathy traits, sadism, and general maladaptive personality explored. The second study (n = 159) extended to focus on callous-unemotional traits. We predicted that proclivity to abuse would be associated with increased proactive aggression, with the former also associated with higher levels of psychopathy, sadism, and callousness. These traits were expected to mediate the relationship between proclivity to abuse and aggression. Results confirmed that between one-to twothirds of women reported at least some proclivity to abuse animals. An association between proclivity and proactive aggression was demonstrated, with callousness-uncaring and sadism representing important traits to account for. Results are discussed with attention to the implications for developing a theoretical understanding of the proclivity to abuse animals.

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Animal Abuse Proclivity Among Women: Exploring Callousness, Sadism, and Psychopathy Traits

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Lewis

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“…The researchers noted that in addition to their common charm, manipulativeness, and sociability, most serial killers clearly have a distorted set of motivations and a specific fantasy system that leads to their violent compulsions. Anderson and Marcus (2019) noted that through their antagonistic personalities and interpersonal detachment, sadistic offenders derive pleasure from harming others. The sadist does not experience guilt or feelings of empathy that a normal person would and they revel in their coldhearted and excessively cruel behaviors (March, 2019).…”

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Serial Killers – Views on Why Sadipaths Kill, the Death Penalty, and Rehabilitation

Berger¹

2020

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Sadism and Personality Disorders

Lobbestael,

Slaoui,

Gollwitzer

2023

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Purpose of Review Sadistic pleasure—the enjoyment of harm-infliction to others—can have devastating interpersonal and societal consequences. The goal of the current review is to illuminate the nomological net of traits related to sadism. We aim to achieve an understanding of the current empirical status on the link between sadism and personality disorders, psychopathy, the Dark Triad, and basic personality traits in clinical and community-based samples. Recent Findings The field is dominated by self-report studies on the Dark Triad with convenience samples. The link with DSM personality disorders has hardly been empirically studied. Existing evidence shows that sadism is most strongly related to increased psychopathic personality traits. Summary Sadism can originate both from the interpersonal, affective, and behavioural basis of dark personality traits. There are diverging ideas on the differential status between sadism, psychopathy, and other dark traits. Research is needed on the causal impact of the broader range of personality disorders on sadism, in more diverse samples, including behavioural assessments of sadistic pleasure, as well as on the interplay of such personality traits with situational and affective aspects, and victim attitudes.

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A bifactor model of meanness, coldheartedness, callousness, and sadism

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Animal Abuse Proclivity Among Women: Exploring Callousness, Sadism, and Psychopathy Traits

Animal Abuse Proclivity Among Women: Exploring Callousness, Sadism, and Psychopathy Traits

Serial Killers – Views on Why Sadipaths Kill, the Death Penalty, and Rehabilitation

Sadism and Personality Disorders

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