Many have examined the desirability and mate competition tactics of adults higher on psychopathy using cross-sectional data, but few have studied the longitudinal associations between the lower-order factors of psychopathy (e.g., primary and secondary psychopathy) with indices of mating behavior in adolescents. More work is also needed to unravel how psychopathic youth outcompete rivals for mates. Delinquency has long been associated with dating and sexual behavior in adolescents, which may help to explain the competitive success of youth higher in psychopathic traits in vying for mates. We used cross-lagged panel modeling with three waves of data from a randomly drawn sample of 514 Canadian adolescents who provided annual self-reports of primary and secondary psychopathy, delinquency, and dating involvement from Grades 10 to 12 (15–18 years of age). Constructs were temporally stable. Secondary psychopathy and delinquency had positive within-time correlations with current dating status in Grade 10. A cross-lagged pathway from delinquency to dating involvement was supported from Grade 10 to 11, which replicated from Grade 11 to 12. However, this effect was specific to boys and not girls. An indirect effect also emerged whereby secondary psychopathy in Grade 10 increased the likelihood of being in a dating relationship in Grade 12 via heightened delinquency in Grade 11.

许多人使用横断面数据检查了精神病患者的愿望和配偶竞争策略，但很少有人研究精神病的低阶因素（例如原发性和继发性精神病）与青少年交配行为指数之间的纵向关联. 还需要做更多的工作来揭示精神变态的青年如何在配偶竞争中胜过对手。长期以来，犯罪行为与青少年的约会和性行为有关，这可能有助于解释精神变态特征较高的青少年在竞争配偶时的竞争成功。我们使用交叉滞后面板模型和三波数据，这些数据来自随机抽取的 514 名加拿大青少年样本，这些青少年提供了原发性和继发性精神病、犯罪、以及 10 至 12 年级（15-18 岁）的约会参与。构建体在时间上是稳定的。继发性精神病和犯罪与 10 年级的当前约会状态在时间内呈正相关。从犯罪到约会参与的交叉滞后路径从 10 年级到 11 年级得到支持，从 11 年级到 12 年级重复。然而，这种影响是特定的男孩而不是女孩。也出现了间接影响，即 10 年级的继发性精神病通过 11 年级的犯罪率增加，增加了 12 年级建立约会关系的可能性。从 11 年级到 12 年级重复。然而，这种影响只针对男孩而不是女孩。也出现了间接影响，即 10 年级的继发性精神病通过 11 年级的犯罪率增加，增加了 12 年级建立约会关系的可能性。从 11 年级到 12 年级重复。然而，这种影响只针对男孩而不是女孩。也出现了间接影响，即 10 年级的继发性精神病通过 11 年级的犯罪率增加，增加了 12 年级建立约会关系的可能性。