The neuropsychological underpinnings to psychopathic personality traits in a nationally representative and longitudinal sample

Kevin M. Beaver; Michael G. Vaughn; Matt DeLisi; J. C. Barnes; Brian B. Boutwell

doi:10.1007/s11126-011-9190-2

The neuropsychological underpinnings to psychopathic personality traits in a nationally representative and longitudinal sample

Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, J. C. Barnes, Brian B. Boutwell

Graduate School of Social Welfare

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Abstract

Although psychopathy is a major area of research in psychology and criminology, much remains unknown about its etiological underpinnings. Drawing on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the current study explored the association between neuropsychological deficits and psychopathic personality traits and produced three key findings. First, four neuropsychological deficits measures were consistently related to the measure of psychopathic personality traits both longitudinally and cross-sectionally. Second, neuropsychological deficits measures predicted variation in psychopathic personality traits for both males and females and the magnitude of the association between neuropsychological deficits and psychopathic personality traits did not vary as a function of gender. Third, parental socialization measures had relatively small and inconsistent effects on psychopathic personality traits. Suggestions for future research are offered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-159
Number of pages	15
Journal	Psychiatric Quarterly
Volume	83
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-011-9190-2
Publication status	Published - 2012 Jun

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Acknowledgments This research uses data from Add Health, a program project designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris, and funded by a grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 17 other agencies. Special acknowledgment is due to Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Persons interested in obtaining data files from Add Health should contact Add Health, Carolina Population Center, 123 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524 (add-health@unc.edu). No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis.

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