Abstract
<p>The present study aimed to explore the psychopathic tendencies in relation to childhood trauma, psychological adjustment, emotion regulation and parental patterns of acceptance-rejection towards their adolescents and the influence of demographic variables in socio-cultural context of Pakistan. Translated versions of Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire; Child PARQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Personality Assessment Questionnaire, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Youth Psychopathic Trait Inventory and bio-data form containing information regarding different demographic variables were used in order to collect the data from the participants. The sample consisted of 600 adolescents (281 males; 319 females) with age ranged between 13 and 17 were selected with convenient random sampling from different private and public schools of the three major cities of Punjab; Lahore, Gujrat and Sialkot. The results indicated psychological maladjustment as the most significant predictor of psychopathic tendencies. However, emotion regulation appeared to be as the most significant predictor of psychopathic tendencies in male adolescents and parental acceptance-rejection (mother) in female adolescents. The results further indicated that age, father’s education and profession, mother’s education and monthly income are significant determinants of psychopathic tendencies in participants of the study.</p>
Highlights
Psychopathy has captured the attention of so many scientists due to the relative rarity of the disorder and the severity of its impact on society
The correlation of psychopathic traits was highly significant with childhood trauma (r =.17, p
The correlation analysis was separately conducted for both groups which showed that in male adolescents’ psychopathic traits had highly significant correlation with subscales of emotion regulation; cognitive reappraisal (r=.26, p
Summary
Psychopathy has captured the attention of so many scientists due to the relative rarity of the disorder and the severity of its impact on society. Perhaps the psychopathic personality has captured the attention of so many scientists due to the relative rarity of the disorder and the severity of its impact on society. Base rates for psychopathy are generally very low, despite higher rates within the prison population (15-25%) (Hare, 2003). Small, this group of individuals is perceived to be responsible for a disproportionally large amount of crime and resulting financial loss to society (Hare, McPherson, & Forth, 1988; Hart, Kropp, & Hare, 1988; Moffitt, 1993). Research generally agrees on the idea that men show higher levels of psychopathy than women (Cale & Lilienfield, 2002a; Verona & Vitale, 2006; Vitale & Newman, 2001)
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