Can Psychopathic Traits be Adaptive?

Međedović, Janko; Wertag, Anja; Sokić, Katarina

doi:10.31820/pt.27.3.7

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“…The results showing that psychopathic traits were not a moderator between trauma and recidivism support the results of Međedović et al (2018) who found that psychopathic traits are less adaptive for females than males. The hypothesis examined in this study, -that psychopathic traits operate as a moderating resilience factor for women who have experienced trauma in the reentry process, was not supported.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…For example, traits such as fearlessness, disinhibition, and narcissism are associated with heroic behaviors (Bronchain et al, 2020a(Bronchain et al, , 2020b. Međedović et al (2018) found that some psychopathic traits have an adaptive potential and are a protective factor that moderates emotional distress.…”

Section: Psychopathic Traits Trauma and Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, prior research indicating that psychopathic traits may play a role in moderating emotional distress and trauma operating as a protective resilience factor begs the question, what role do psychopathic traits play in moderating trauma for women released from prison in the reentry process? Although prior research suggests that psychopathic traits are more adaptive for males than females (Međedović et al, 2018), there is very little research examining how psychopathic traits may operate as a moderating resilience factor for women in reentry.…”

Section: Psychopathic Traits Trauma and Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Trauma, Psychopathic Traits, and Resilience in Female Post-Prison Reentry Outcomes

Helfgott¹,

Gunnison²

2023

CCJLS

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A growing body of research has examined female psychopathy, yet gaps remain. Recent research has explored links between early trauma, psychopathic traits, and behavioral outcomes. Utilizing data collected as part of the evaluation of the Seattle Women’s Reentry (SWR) Initiative, this study investigates the relationship between early trauma and psychopathic traits in female post-prison reentry outcomes. The role of psychopathic traits as a protective resilience factor that moderates early trauma for women leaving prison and reentering the community is explored. Background information, survey data, and Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) scores are analyzed in relation to recidivism three-years post release for 85 women released from the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Washington State. Results indicated that the majority of the women in the study have early trauma backgrounds, PCL-R scores predict recidivism while trauma did not, and PCL-R scores did not moderate the relationship between trauma and recidivism. Results also found that PCL-R scores were associated with higher levels of self-esteem. Findings are consistent with prior research showing a link between psychopathic traits and recidivism but do not offer support for psychopathic traits as a moderating resilience protective factor between trauma and recidivism.

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confidence: 99%

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Trauma, Psychopathic Traits, and Resilience in Female Post-Prison Reentry Outcomes

Helfgott¹,

Gunnison²

2023

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“…The scores for the ASB subscale were much lower compared with the other subscale of the SRP, which is consistent with the findings obtained by Gordts, Uzieblo, Neumann, Van den Bussche, and Rossi (2017). Compared with the scores obtained in a large Belgian community sample (Gordts et al, 2017), in an American community sample (Paulhus et al, 2017), and in another Croatian sample (Međedović, Wertag, & Sokić, 2018), internal consistency coefficients and other descriptive statistics of the SRP and its subscales in the current sample were very similar. It is worth noting that, in the current study, the values of skewness and kurtosis indicated normal distributions of the scores in the full version of the SRP and all the subscales, except for the Antisocial behaviour scale, which was skewed towards the lower scores.…”

Section: Reliabilities and The Descriptive Statistics Of The Analysedsupporting

confidence: 89%

Psychopathy and the positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS) as the predictors of totalitarian political ideology

Šram¹

2020

Psihol istraživanja

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The present study has two goals. The first goal is to investigate whether a high need for the government-imposed security and social regulation, the acceptance of living in a dictatorship, the limitations and denial of individual freedom and the support to repressive methods and procedures are in such high mutual correlations that they form a coherent latent dimension of the Totalitarian Political Ideology (TPI). The second goal is to examine whether and which of the psychopathy traits (Interpersonal manipulation, Callous affect, Erratic lifestyle, and Antisocial behaviour) and the PANAS (Positive and Negative affect Schedule as a measure of general affectivity) underlie Totalitarian Political Ideology. The research was carried out on a convenience sample of undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Zagreb (N=386). It has been found that the Totalitarian Political Ideology is an internally coherent and reliable pattern of political orientations and values. In order to explore how psychopathic traits and positive and Negative affect are associated with the internalization of the Totalitarian Political Ideology (TPI), multiple regression analysis was conducted. Interpersonal manipulation, Callous affect and Negative affect proved to be significant predictors of the TPI scale in positive directions, whereas Erratic lifestyle was a significant predictor of the TPI scale in the negative direction. About 15% of the variance of the Totalitarian Political Ideology was explained by these personality characteristics. The findings can have both theoretical and practical contributions in understanding the endorsement of totalitarian beliefs.

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“…As women are more likely to express emotions than men [83] and men are more likely to experience difficulty in emotional regulation than women [84,85], girls experience more intense negative emotions than boys when their self-harmony level is reduced during adolescence. Me dedovi'c et al also found that the emotional and interpersonal aspects of mental illness predicted greater emotional distress in women than in men [86]. Whalen et al demonstrated that the prevalence of depression in girls is higher than that in boys [87].…”

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confidence: 98%

The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender

Yang

Xue

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) can be defined as the deliberate destruction of body tissues to generate harm. College students have a higher incidence of NSSI. With the deepening of research on college students’ NSSI, the connection between their self-consistency congruence and NSSI has drawn the attention of many scholars. The current study examined the association between self-concordance and NSSI, the mediating function of negative emotions, and the moderating role of gender. We surveyed 1020 college students from three universities in Jiangxi Province using a self-concordant scale, a NSSI questionnaire, and a negative emotion questionnaire. The results showed that self-concordance was negatively correlated with NSSI. There is an obvious negative connection between self-consistency congruence and negative emotions. There was a significant positive correlation between negative emotions and the NSSI scores. Negative emotions could mediate the association between self-consistency congruence and NSSI. Compared to males, females’ self-concordant effects on negative emotions are easier to moderate.

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Can Psychopathic Traits be Adaptive?

Cited by 16 publications

References 36 publications

Trauma, Psychopathic Traits, and Resilience in Female Post-Prison Reentry Outcomes

Trauma, Psychopathic Traits, and Resilience in Female Post-Prison Reentry Outcomes

Psychopathy and the positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS) as the predictors of totalitarian political ideology

The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender

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