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Early Traumatic Events in Psychopaths
Author(s) -
Borja Karina,
Ostrosky Feggy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/1556-4029.12104
Subject(s) - psychopathy , psychopathy checklist , psychology , incidence (geometry) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , checklist , injury prevention , antisocial personality disorder , poison control , millon clinical multiaxial inventory , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , medical emergency , personality , personality disorders , social psychology , physics , optics , cognitive psychology
The relationship between diverse early traumatic events and psychopathy was studied in 194 male inmates. Criminal history transcripts were revised, and clinical interviews were conducted to determine the level of psychopathy using the Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised (PCL‐R) Form, and the Early Trauma Inventory was applied to assess the incidence of abuse before 18 years of age. Psychopathic inmates presented a higher victimization level and were more exposed to certain types of intended abuse than sociopathic inmates, while the sum of events and emotional abuse were associated with the PCL‐R score. Our studies support the influence of early adverse events in the development of psychopathic offenders.