The aim of the present study is to examine the possible role of psychopathic traits as a moderator of the aggression-antisociality/delinquency link. Our sample was composed of 567 youth (M = 15.91 years, SD = 0.99 years, age range = 14–18 years) from Portugal. Results indicated that psychopathic features significantly moderate four different forms and functions of aggression – proactive overt, proactive relational, reactive overt, and reactive relational – when predicting delinquency. However, psychopathic traits only significantly moderate proactive relational aggression when predicting Conduct Disorder. Psychopathic traits and aggression constitute an antisocial alchemy for antisocial behavior but more research is needed about moderation effects therein particularly among clinical and justice system involved samples of youth to inform behavioral interventions.

本研究的目的是检查精神病特征作为侵略-反社会性/犯罪联系的调节器的可能作用。我们的样本由 567 名青年组成（M  = 15.91 岁，SD = 0.99 岁，年龄范围 = 14-18 岁）来自葡萄牙。结果表明，在预测犯罪时，精神病特征显着缓解了四种不同形式和攻击性的功能——主动公开、主动关系、反应公开和反应关系。然而，在预测行为障碍时，精神病特征只会显着减轻主动的关系攻击。精神病特征和攻击性构成了反社会行为的反社会炼金术，但需要更多的研究来了解其中的调节作用，特别是在涉及青年样本的临床和司法系统中，以告知行为干预。