Men’s Psychopathy and Mating Effort in Intimate Relationships: Links with Jealousy and Sexual Coercion

Brazil, Kristopher J.; Vance, Gavin; Zeigler‐Hill, Virgil; Shackelford, Todd K.

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“…Our study adds to this research by adopting a variable-centered analysis of psychopathic traits and IPV. The findings also add to the broader literature on psychopathy and IPV in adults, which shows that men with elevated psychopathic traits from different populations tend to engage in various forms of partner abuse, including psychological, physical, and sexual abuse (Brazil et al, 2023;Cunha et al, 2021;Hilton et al, 2008;Robertson et al, 2020).…”

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Adolescent Psychopathic Traits, Early Adversity, and Intimate Partner Violence

Brazil,

Forth

2023

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Research shows psychopathic traits in adults are associated with perpetrating intimate partner violence (IPV). Less research, however, has examined this association in adolescents’ relationships. Our study examines whether adolescent psychopathic traits are associated with different forms of IPV and whether early adverse experiences of abuse and/or interparental violence might be implicated in this relationship. A mixed sample of 156 justice-involved and at-risk adolescents were assessed with the PCL:YV, participated in an early adversity interview assessing abuse and interparental violence, and completed IPV measures of physical and psychological aggressive acts. Psychopathic traits were associated with each IPV measure over and above early adversity. Psychopathic traits continued to be associated with psychological but not physical IPV after accounting for sample type. Furthermore, psychopathic traits indirectly linked interparental violence with psychological IPV, suggesting that psychopathic traits may play a role in the intergenerational perpetration of partner violence.

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Adolescent Psychopathic Traits, Early Adversity, and Intimate Partner Violence

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2023

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…As predicted, high psychopathy was a significantly associated with previous perpetration of IPSV and was the only significant variable of the Dark Tetrad. Psychopathy being correlated with the perpetration of IPSV is in line with previous research, with other literature finding psychopathy being related to the perpetration of sexual coercion (Bouffard & Miller, 2022;Camilleri & Quinsey, 2009a;Jones & Olderbak, 2014), including against intimate partners for both men and women (Brazil et al, 2023). Although it is rational that this trait, which is marked by callousness and selfishness (De Brito et al, 2021), is associated with behaviours that are harmful but self-serving, psychopathy being related to the perpetration of IPSV may be explainable through evolutionary theories as well.…”

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“…While Tarzia (2021a) previously provided evidence that sexual entitlement was related to IPSV perpetration based on qualitative data from survivors, the current study provided further quantitative support with a larger, self-reporting sample and further elaborated on individual differences related to perpetration. Additionally, while some previous research has found psychopathy to be a correlate of IPSV perpetration (Brazil et al, 2023), the results of the current study suggest rape myths may relate to perpetration of coercion in relationships, whereas previous research has largely focused on rape myths and general sexual coercion perpetration (Bouffard & Miller, 2022;Trottier et al, 2021). At the societal level of the model, the current study suggests that widely held attitudes of sexual violence may reinforce the trivialization and victim blaming survivors experience that make it difficult to report victimization.…”

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“…While mating efforts, which describes the effort and energy invested in obtaining sex from a new or current partner, are typically studied as a tactic for obtaining new partners, these behaviours can exist in established relationships with people high in psychopathic traits and may be related to jealousy or fear of infidelity (Brazil et al, 2023). Although evolutionary theories may provide relevant insights into the propensity of individuals high in psychopathy to sexually coerce an intimate partner, it is important to note that the bulk of the research examining theories related to psychopathic traits and sexual coercion in intimate partnerships have focused on male perpetrators, while the current sample was primarily women.…”

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Behind Closed Doors: Attitudes, Dark Traits, and Perceptions of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence

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Intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is a widespread concern and is characterized by sexual violence or coercion occurring within intimate partnerships; however, much of the literature has focused on heterosexual, male perpetrated sexual coercion. The aim of the current study was to understand how people's experiences with IPSV, attitudes, and dark personality traits relate to perceptions and perpetration of IPSV. Undergraduates (N = 680, 71.0% women, 68.7% heterosexual) were randomly assigned to read a fictitious IPSV vignette describing a scenario of either male-on-female, female-on-male, male-on-male, or female-on-female coercion and provide their perceptions of seriousness, perpetrator blame, and victim blame. Participants selfreported their previous history of IPSV perpetration and victimization, non-partner coercion victimization, rape myth acceptance, sexual entitlement, and Dark Tetrad traits. The results found that previous perpetration of IPSV, non-partner coercion, rape myth acceptance, sexual entitlement, psychopathy, narcissism, sadism, and gender were all significantly related to perceptions of seriousness, perpetrator blame, and/or victim blame; however, participants perceived the severity and blame similarly across heterosexual and homosexual conditions. Rape myth acceptance, sexual entitlement, and psychopathy were all significantly related to IPSV perpetration. The results demonstrate a consistent relationship between perpetrating IPSV and rape myth acceptance with perceptions of IPSV in heterosexual and homosexual relationships.The results provided tentative evidence for the nested ecological model framework of IPSV at the individual and societal levels; additionally, practical implications include more inclusive views of sexual minority groups and understanding the characteristics of IPSV perpetrators. PERCEPTIONS OF INTIMATE PARTNER SEXUAL VIOLENCE iii AcknowledgementsFirst, I would like to thank my wonderful supervisor, Dr. Adelle Forth. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to have you as a mentor these last two years. I'm grateful for everything you have taught me, for all your help and feedback with every document I sent your way, and for all your support and excitement while navigating the topics I'm passionate about. Thank you to Dr. Shelley Brown, Dr. Kelly Babchishin, and Dr. Kasia Muldner for being wonderful and helpful committee members, you have provided great feedback and helpful guidance throughout this process. Thank you to Dr. Yan Liu for chairing my defence. Thank you to my undergrad mentors, Dr. James Taylor and Dr. Evelyn Field, for providing me with the foundational skillset, confidence, and excitement for research that was needed to complete this project.Thank you to my YOW family, Roshni, Jessie, and Brennan. The three of you provided endless laughs and memories I'll carry with me forever. Thank you for making this new city feel like home and making each day feel like a sitcom. It's bizarre and serendipitous that I had to travel 2,000 kms to find the greatest friends ...

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Sexual Consent and Intimate Partner Violence

Higgs,

Gratton

2024

Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence

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Men’s Psychopathy and Mating Effort in Intimate Relationships: Links with Jealousy and Sexual Coercion

Cited by 5 publications

References 66 publications

Adolescent Psychopathic Traits, Early Adversity, and Intimate Partner Violence

Adolescent Psychopathic Traits, Early Adversity, and Intimate Partner Violence

Behind Closed Doors: Attitudes, Dark Traits, and Perceptions of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence

Sexual Consent and Intimate Partner Violence

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