Childhood Physical Abuse and Sociopathy: Is This Link Magnified among Firstborn Children?

King, Alan R.

doi:10.1080/10926771.2014.953718

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“…Violent Experiences Questionnaire (VEQ-R). The VEQ-R (King, 2012;King, 2014a;King, 2014b;Mugge et al, 2015;Russell et al, 2015;Walter & King, 2013) is a retrospective self-report questionnaire that presents 12 screening index variations of child and adolescent maltreatments (including parental physical abuse, sibling physical abuse, domestic violence exposure, peer bullying, corporal punishment, and four factor "hostility" scores). The VEQ-R score points out the total of days per year of actions occurred that belong to the index group in the 12-year periods of recording which the score calculated in a range between 0 to 104 days per year.…”

Section: Maltreatment Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…OPV, α = .90, r = .64, κ = 0.66; & BULL, α = .82, r = .64, κ = 0.70; PVD, α = .94, r = .73; OPV, α = .92, r = .77; SPV, α = .91, r = .67). The subscales of VEQ-R indicate the potential threat of the maladjustment in both internalized and externalized forms (Green & King, 2009;King, 2014aKing, , 2014bKing, , 2016King, , 2018King, , 2019King, , 2020aKing, 2020bKing, , 2021Mangold & King, 2020;Moe et al, 2004;Mugge et al, 2009Mugge et al, , 2015Veith et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Perception of Parental Love as a Predictor of Children's Life Satisfaction

Kidder

King²

2022

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Love is a fundamental part of psychological well-adjustment, but a gap in the literature exists surrounding how perceptions of how loved adults felt by their biological parents in childhood can contribute to life satisfaction and psychological adjustment. This study aims to fill that gap by examining the impact of feeling loved by biological parents and grandparents on psychological well-being and adjustment factors later in life. 1,189 college-aged participants volunteered for the study and were recruited online via SONA at a university in the United States. We constructed a Likert-style rating scale to measure individuals’ level of perceived love (LUV) and its contribution to various adjustment indicators, including life satisfaction, depression, anxiety, trait anger, and conduct disturbance. Linear regression models and bivariate correlations were calculated for the predictor and maladjustment indicators. Results showed a modest correlation between the LUV index and life satisfaction as well as other maladjustment indicators and revealed that LUV significantly predicted life satisfaction. LUV was also a significant predictor of depression, anxiety, anger, and conduct disturbance. These results suggest that perceived love could be an important resilience factor and could be used to predict life satisfaction and psychological adjustment later in life.

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Section: Maltreatment Indicatorsmentioning

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Perception of Parental Love as a Predictor of Children's Life Satisfaction

Kidder

King²

2022

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“…No study appears to have attempted to profile a statistical representation of sociopaths in Nigeria as did Stout in her seminal work, The Sociopath nextdoor: The ruthless versus the rest of us. Considering the kind of trauma children experience in Nigeria through poverty and deprivation, abandonment, abuse in families, schools and churches(Ede & Kalu 2018;Ewhrudjakpor n.d.;King 2014), being labelled as witches or wizards(Secker 2012) etc., it is likely that Nigeria 'breeds' more sociopaths than the USA. The increasing incidence of banditry, kidnapping, violent crisis, child labour, ritual murder, and their attendant effects on the psyche of children are the catalysts that probably lead to more sociopaths in Nigeria.…”

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‘I bu Delaila ji aguba’: Revisiting the perception of sociopaths in an African community

Agbo¹

2023

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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Reports of increasing family violence abound in Nigeria. Although studies have implicated cultural constructs as the basis for this trend, this study specifically contemplated the nexus between the increased violence and Anti-Social Personality Disorder (ASPD). The purpose of this study was to connect these abusive and violent behaviours in their specific contexts as evidence of ASPD. The study was hinged on autoethnographic research which I systematically analysed as lived experiences with a sociopath. Data for the analyses was drawn from purposively sampled participants (n-70) of victims of family violent abuse. Thematic, interpretative analytical approach and the theories of sociopathy, particularly Hare, Psychopathy Checklist-revised (PCL-R) were used to analyse the data from my personal experiences, and the interviews. The results indicated that only five participants representing 7.14% of the purposively selected population, admitted knowing sociopaths as conscienceless murderers and serial killers. The majority of participants (90%) contemplated sociopaths in religious terms (as incarnated evil beings). Only 2.86% rightly expressed their understanding of sociopathy and related personality disorders in a much-informed manner. Although the results of this study contrast with conventional propositions on ASPD, they revealed how religious belief and superstition among Nigerians frame the conversation on sociopathy and other variants of ASPD. Findings suggested that the growing superstitious beliefs on the causes, nature and remedy to ASPD particularly those associated with sociopathy provide the space for people living with these behavioural conditions (particularly violent sociopaths) to continue abusing unsuspecting individuals in the society.Contribution: The finding of this study specifically challenged the faith-based misconceptions associated with ASPD. Therefore, it is expected that the new insight on ASPD, particularly sociopathy ushers in proper understanding and ways of dealing with the morally insane.

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Relationships Between Experiences of Sibling Physical Aggression and Lifetime Aggression Using Statistical Controls for Poly-Victimization

Mangold

King

2020

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Childhood Physical Abuse and Sociopathy: Is This Link Magnified among Firstborn Children?

Cited by 12 publications

References 53 publications

Perception of Parental Love as a Predictor of Children's Life Satisfaction

Perception of Parental Love as a Predictor of Children's Life Satisfaction

‘I bu Delaila ji aguba’: Revisiting the perception of sociopaths in an African community

Relationships Between Experiences of Sibling Physical Aggression and Lifetime Aggression Using Statistical Controls for Poly-Victimization

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