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30-03-2016 | Original Article

The Relationship Between Early Life Events, Parental Attachment, and Psychopathic Tendencies in Adolescent Detainees

Auteurs: Erica J. Christian, Christine L. Meltzer, Linda L. Thede, David S. Kosson

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 2/2017

Abstract

Despite increasing interest in understanding psychopathic traits in youth, the role of early environmental factors in the development of psychopathic traits is not well understood. No prior studies have directly examined the relationship between early life events and psychopathic traits. We examined links between life events in the first 4 years of life and indices of the core affective and interpersonal components of psychopathy. Additionally, we examined relationships between early life events, psychopathic traits, and attachment to parents among 206 adjudicated adolescents. Results indicated that the total number of early life events was positively correlated with indices of the affective component of psychopathy. Moreover, psychopathic traits moderated the relationship between the number of early life events and later reports of attachment to parents. Findings suggest that early environmental factors could have important implications for the development of psychopathic traits and may impact attachment to parents for youth with psychopathic traits.

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The only difference in the pattern of results for transformed and untransformed variables was that the Affective facet X Life events interaction predicting attachment scores based on untransformed life events scores was marginally significant (p = .05) yet the interaction based on transformed life events scores only approached significance (p = .09).

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Titel: The Relationship Between Early Life Events, Parental Attachment, and Psychopathic Tendencies in Adolescent Detainees
Auteurs: Erica J. Christian
Christine L. Meltzer
Linda L. Thede
David S. Kosson
Publicatiedatum: 30-03-2016
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-016-0638-3

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