Psychopathy, sexual behavior, and esteem: It’s different for girls

Visser, Beth A.; Pozzebon, Julie A.; Bogaert, Anthony F.; Ashton, Michael C.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.008

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“…Primary psychopathic traits in men also related to avoidant attachment, which makes sense knowing that both avoidant attachment (Del Giudice, 2009) and primary psychopathy (Jonason et al, 2009;Ross & Rausch, 2001) have a relationship with male mating strategies characterized by low commitment, and high competition for status. The relationship between low-care fathers and primary psychopathic traits in women would be partly expected considering that father absence during childhood promotes a range of internalizing behaviors that covary with femaletypical psychopathic traits (Belsky et al, 1991) and fast life history strategies (Visser et al, 2010). Again, this relationship may also be indicative of passive gene-environment interaction if low-care is taken to mean unempathetic.…”

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Sex differences between primary and secondary psychopathy, parental bonding, and attachment style.

Blanchard

Lyons

2016

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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Sex differences in primary and secondary psychopathic traits and behaviors are consistently evidenced, although less is known about the developmental trajectories of these differences and why they might arise. In this study (N ϭ 362) we investigated whether men and women reporting higher levels of primary or secondary psychopathic traits differed in retrospective accounts of how cold and controlling both their mother and father were during childhood, and how anxious and avoidant they are about contemporary relationships. Primary psychopathic traits in men related to controlling mothers and avoidant attachment, whereas in women they related to uncaring fathers and both anxious and avoidant attachment. Secondary psychopathic traits in men were predicted by uncaring mothers and fathers, as well as anxious attachment, whereas in women, neither parental bonding nor attachment style were related. Results are discussed from an evolutionary, life history theory paradigm.

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Sex differences between primary and secondary psychopathy, parental bonding, and attachment style.

Blanchard

Lyons

2016

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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“…Data from two men who provided inconsistent responses were .17, range 18 to 32). These participants were part of a larger investigation on sexuality and individual differences (see Pozzebon et al 2009;Visser et al 2010). The average body mass index (BMI) among the female participants was in the normal range (World Health Organization Global Database on Body Mass Index 2010; M=24.56; SD =4.65).…”

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Self-Objectification, Self-Esteem, and Gender: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model

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The purpose of the present research was to test the mediating roles of body shame and appearance anxiety in the relation between self-surveillance and self-esteem; and to investigate whether gender (male, female) and stereotypical gender roles (masculinity, femininity) moderated the proposed mediation model. Canadian undergraduate university men and women (n= 198) completed measures of self-surveillance, gender, gender roles, body shame, appearance anxiety, and selfesteem. Regression analyses demonstrated that greater self-surveillance predicted lower self-esteem, and this relation was fully mediated by body shame and appearance anxiety. With the exception of masculinity interacting with self-surveillance to predict body shame and appearance anxiety, neither gender nor stereotypical gender roles moderated the proposed paths. Implications are discussed.

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“…Their toxicity would be expected to not bode well for romance. They engage in risky sexual behaviour (Fulton, Marcus, & Payne, 2010), mate poach (Jonason, Li, & Buss, 2010), are sexually aggressive (Mouilso & Calhoun, 2012), and enjoy multiple sexual partners (Visser, Pozzebon, Bogaert, & Ashton, 2010). It is unsurprising that psychopathy negatively affects relationship satisfaction and commitment (Smith et al, 2014;Visser et al, 2010).…”

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“…They engage in risky sexual behaviour (Fulton, Marcus, & Payne, 2010), mate poach (Jonason, Li, & Buss, 2010), are sexually aggressive (Mouilso & Calhoun, 2012), and enjoy multiple sexual partners (Visser, Pozzebon, Bogaert, & Ashton, 2010). It is unsurprising that psychopathy negatively affects relationship satisfaction and commitment (Smith et al, 2014;Visser et al, 2010). Nevertheless, studies show that people find psychopathic individuals attractive at least for short-term romantic encounters (Jonason, Lyons, & Blanchard, 2015), which raises the question, what is it that people find alluring about a psychopathic partner?…”

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An effective way to deal with predators is to taste terrible: Primary and secondary psychopathy and mate preference

Blanchard

Lyons

Centifanti

2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f oDespite their reputation for taking advantage of other people, previous research shows that psychopathic individuals are attractive for short-term relationships. Furthermore, individuals with psychopathic traits have been found to be attracted to other psychopathic persons in both short and long-term relationships. The current study (N = 258), is the first to extend the investigation further by examining whether these findings pertain to the affective (i.e., primary) or behavioural (i.e., secondary) aspects of psychopathy, and if this varies according to sex. Using a series of personality profiles, we found that men and women evaluated individuals higher in primary or secondary psychopathic traits unattractive for both short and long-term relationships. However, those individuals higher in primary and secondary psychopathic traits found similar partners attractive in short and long-term relationships, and this was strongest in women higher in primary psychopathic traits for long-term relationships, and in women higher in secondary psychopathic traits for short and long-term relationships. Results are discussed from an evolutionary theoretical perspective.

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Psychopathy, sexual behavior, and esteem: It’s different for girls

Cited by 51 publications

References 18 publications

Sex differences between primary and secondary psychopathy, parental bonding, and attachment style.

Sex differences between primary and secondary psychopathy, parental bonding, and attachment style.

Self-Objectification, Self-Esteem, and Gender: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model

An effective way to deal with predators is to taste terrible: Primary and secondary psychopathy and mate preference

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