The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between resting heart rate (RHR) and psychopathy. The literature on heart rate vs criminality (including violence) is quite clear; low RHR is associated with engaging in violent and criminal behavior. However, results are not as consistent for psychopathy.,This paper analyzes heart rate measured at ages 18 and 48, and psychopathy at age 48, in the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (CSDD). The CSDD is a prospective longitudinal study that has followed 411 boys from childhood to middle age, and measured social and biological factors of interest to the field of criminal psychology.,Interestingly, it was only heart rate at age 18 that was negatively and significantly related to psychopathy at age 48. No trends or relationships were found between heart rate at age 48 and psychopathy at age 48. The findings do, however, indicate that low heart rate at age 18 predicts psychopathy at age 48, and the strongest negative relationships are found between low heart rate (beats per minute) and impulsive and antisocial psychopathic symptoms.,This is the first ever longitudinal study showing that low RHR predicts later psychopathy. Suggestions for future research are outlined.

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“我的心跳”：前瞻性纵向研究中静息心率与精神病之间的关系

本文的目的是研究静息心率（RHR）与精神病之间的关系。关于心率与犯罪（包括暴力）的文献非常清楚；低RHR与参与暴力和犯罪行为有关。但是，对于精神病的研究结果并不一致。本文分析了《剑桥青少年发育不良研究》（CSDD）中18和48岁时的心率以及48岁时的心病。CSDD是一项前瞻性纵向研究，研究了从童年到中年的411名男孩，并测量了犯罪心理学领域感兴趣的社会和生物学因素。有趣的是，只有18岁时的心率呈负相关且显着相关在48岁时患有精神病。在48岁的心率与48岁的精神病之间未发现任何趋势或关系。但是，该发现确实表明18岁的低心率预示着48岁的精神病，而低心率之间的负相关性最强（每分钟心跳数）以及冲动性和反社会性精神病性症状。这是有史以来的第一项纵向研究，表明低RHR可以预测以后的精神病。概述了未来研究的建议。