Students, sex, and psychopathy: Borderline and psychopathy personality traits are differently related to women and men's use of sexual coercion, partner poaching, and promiscuity

Khan, Roxanne; Brewer, Gayle; Kim, Sonia; Centifanti, Luna C. Muñoz

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.11.027

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“…Contrary to this, results of Verona, et al [13] showed that BPD-F2 association is strong in both sexes, while BPD-F1 ratio only occurred in men. The study by Khan, et al [22] also observed a similar significant BPD-F2 association for both sexes. These results agree with those of Viljoen, et al [23] who, using classifications of prototypes of the Psychopathic Personality disorder (PPD) and BPD of Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Person- lianism, narcicism and psychopathy and cluster B personality disorders, showing gender differences for all traits and disorders, with men with significantly higher scores in machiavellianism, psychopathy and APD and women in BPD, histrionic disorder of personality and narcissistic personality disorder.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…The selected studies suggest an association between BPD and factor 2 of psychopathy whereas only the study by Khan, et al [22] finds a significant correlation between BPD and factor 1 although to a lesser extent than for F2. These results agree with those observed in the previous literature, where studies such as those of Widiger [10], Miller, et al [11] and Huchzermeier, et al [12] establish a stronger association between BPD and F2 than between BPD and F1.…”

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Borderline Personality Disorder with Psychopathic Traits: A Critical Review

López‐Villatoro¹,

Palomares²,

Dı́az-Marsá³

et al. 2018

Clin Med Rev Case Rep

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Borderline Personality Disorder with Psychopathic Traits: A Critical Review

López‐Villatoro¹,

Palomares²,

Dı́az-Marsá³

et al. 2018

Clin Med Rev Case Rep

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“…Items were scored 1 (yes) or 0 (no), with higher scores indicating greater use of sexual coercion. The internal reliability for each subscale has been mixed in previous studies (e.g., Khan, Brewer, Kim, & Centifanti, 2017), which was reflected in this study: nonverbal sexual arousal (α = .81); emotional manipulation and deception (α = .39); exploitation of the intoxicated (α = .38); and the use of physical force or threats (α = .00).…”

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Sexual Coercion by Women: The Influence of Pornography and Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorder Traits

2019

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Largely overlooked in the literature, this study investigated factors influencing women's use of sexual coercion. Specifically, pornography use and personality disorder traits linked with poor impulse control, emotional regulation, and superior sense of sexual desirability were considered. Women (N = 142) aged 16-53 years (M = 24.23, SD = 7.06) were recruited from community and student populations. Participants completed the Narcissistic and Histrionic subscales of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4, in addition to the Cyber-Pornography Use Inventory to explore the influence of their pornography use (interest, efforts to engage with pornography, and compulsivity) on their use of sexual coercion. This was measured using four subscales of the Postrefusal Sexual Persistence Scale: nonverbal sexual arousal, emotional manipulation and deception, exploitation of the intoxicated, and use of physical force or threats. Multiple regression analyses revealed that pornography use, narcissistic traits, and histrionic traits significantly predicted the use of nonverbal sexual arousal, emotional manipulation and deception, and exploitation of the intoxicated. Effort to engage with pornography was a significant individual predictor of nonverbal sexual arousal and emotional manipulation and deception, while histrionic traits were a significant individual predictor of exploitation of the intoxicated. Findings were discussed in relation to existing sexual coercion literature and potential future research.

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“…This perspective is consistent with the reported association of female-perpetrated coercion with heightened neuroticism, impulsivity, sexual compulsivity, and insecurity (Carvalho, Rosa & Pereira, 2018;Schatzel-Murphy et al, 2009). Other work has implicated anxious romantic attachment (i.e., increasing attempts for relationship closeness in response to the threat of losing a partner) in women's perpetration of related forms of aggression (ie, intimate partner violence, sexual harassment; Ménard, Shoss & Pincus, 2010;Orcutt, Garcia, & Pickett, 2005), although traits related to insecure attachment (eg, borderline personality disorder) have not consistently demonstrated greater risk for perpetration (Khan, Brewer, Kim, & Centifanti, 2017). In this model, male sexual rejection (a deviation from traditional sexual scripts central to hyperfemininity) may lead to coercion by women as a way of relieving rejection-related distress.…”

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Psychopathic traits, gender, and motivations for sex: Putative paths to sexual coercion

Hoffmann

Verona

2019

Aggressive Behavior

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Evidence suggests that both men and women perpetrate sexual coercion.Psychological factors, including psychopathic traits and power motivations, have been proposed to characterize male-perpetrated sexual coercion; however, it is unclear whether these factors play a similar role in female-perpetrated coercion or whether other motivations (e.g., intimacy, affect regulation) should be considered. To improve our understanding in this area, the current study first examined relationships between psychopathic traits and sexual coercion in a sample of 1199 undergraduate students (756 women), with gender as a potential moderator of these relationships.Second, the role of motivations for sex (e.g., power, affect regulation) in accounting for the psychopathy-coercion relationship was examined in men and women. Data were collected using an online survey and analyzed using multigroup path analysis.Results implicated impulsive-antisocial traits as particularly important to maleperpetrated verbal (e.g., manipulative) and nonverbal (e.g., physical) coercion, and that this relationship was partially explained by motives for sex involving power. In contrast, psychopathic traits did not appear to play a major role in female perpetrated coercion; instead, emotional value (i.e., intimacy-related) motivations for sex were associated with verbal (e.g., manipulation) coercion in women. In sum, our results support a conceptual model of male perpetration where men who are high in impulsive-antisocial traits may engage in sexual coercion in an attempt to feel powerful. Further, the findings in the female sample suggest that factors other than psychopathy, such as gender role beliefs in regard to sexual encounters, may be particularly important to female perpetrated sexually coercive behavior. gender, perpetration, psychopathy, sexual coercionRecent large-scale surveys and systematic reviews of sexual coercion victimization among undergraduates have found prevalence rates ranging from 13% to 30% for women and 5% to 31% for men (Cantor et al., 2015;Fedina, Holmes, & Backes, 2018). Given the prevalence of victimization among college students, it is especially important to understand the relevance of oft-cited risk factors in this population, including psychopathic personality traits and beliefs and feelings about sex itself. Studies using various samples (including some college students) have implicated these factors as germane to coercion perpetration and encouraged further investigation within psychological motivations for sex (individuals' internal reasons for engaging in sexual behavior) accounted for the relationship between distinct psychopathic traits and the perpetration of sexual coercion in college men and women. Gender-differentiated models of these relationships were also explored, given the relative rarity in the literature of direct comparisons of perpetration risk in men and women.

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Students, sex, and psychopathy: Borderline and psychopathy personality traits are differently related to women and men's use of sexual coercion, partner poaching, and promiscuity

Cited by 28 publications

References 44 publications

Borderline Personality Disorder with Psychopathic Traits: A Critical Review

Borderline Personality Disorder with Psychopathic Traits: A Critical Review

Sexual Coercion by Women: The Influence of Pornography and Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorder Traits

Psychopathic traits, gender, and motivations for sex: Putative paths to sexual coercion

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