ABSTRACT

Secondary-like psychopathy in youth is often recognized in research as being the more problematic of the psychopathy variants. Little is known about the emergence of this variant in spite of early theory describing possible antecedents to the condition. The present research sought to evaluate these possible precursors among those resembling the secondary-like variant of psychopathy in a noninstitutionalized sample of youth. Findings from a probit path model examining data spanning several waves indicated that social context variables (poverty and maternal education), authoritarian parenting practices, and parent–child attachment were implicated in later downstream secondary-like psychopathy in mid-adolescence. Findings, implications and directions for future research are discussed.

摘要

青少年中的继发性精神病通常在研究中被认为是精神病变体中问题更多的。尽管早期的理论描述了这种情况的可能前因，但人们对这种变体的出现知之甚少。本研究试图在一个非机构化的青年样本中评估这些可能的前兆，这些前兆类似于精神病的继发性变体。概率路径模型检查跨越几个波的数据的结果表明，社会背景变量（贫困和母亲教育）、专制的养育方式和亲子依恋与青春期中期后期的下游二级精神病有关。讨论了未来研究的发现、影响和方向。