Ego strength and ego disjunction in primary and secondary psychopaths

Evra, Judy Page van; Rosenberg, B. G.

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“…The difference in the level of affective insensitivity (PCL-R factor 1) may explain the different homicidal behaviors of the two groups: while psychopathic murderers (highest level of insensitivity) tend to present operative or predatory aggression, i.e., planned and calculated acts, 18,[24][25][26][27] the non-psychopathic murderers (higher level of sensitivity) fulfill criteria for reactive or affective aggression. This latter type of aggressive behavior tends to manifest as a response to frustration, that is, without previous planning.…”

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Cardiac response and anxiety levels in psychopathic murderers

Serafim

Barros

Valim

et al. 2009

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

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Cardiac response and anxiety levels in psychopathic murderers

Serafim

Barros

Valim

et al. 2009

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

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“…The clinical distinction between psychopathy and psychopathic-like forms of behavior is an important one and, although more easily done in theory than in practice, is supported by the results of several studies (Van Evra & Rosenberg, 1963;Hill, Haentzer, & Glaser, 1960;Lykken, 1957;Miller, 1966;Painting, 1961).…”

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Psychopathy, autonomic functioning, and the orienting response.

Hare¹

1968

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Autonomic activity was continuously recorded while primary psychopaths (P), secondary psychopaths (S), and nonpsychopaths (NP) listened to a series of repetitive tones and solved simple arithmetic problems. During rest, Group P had lower levels of skin conductance and autonomic variability than did Group NP, but the difference in autonomic variability disappeared during the arithmetic period. Group P was generally less autonomically responsive to the tones, particularly when GSR and cardiac responses were expressed in terms of individual differences in the range of autonomic activity possible. While GSR habituated at the same rate for all groups, cardiac deceleration and, to a lesser extent, digital vasoconstriction habituated more slowly for Group P than for Group NP. Moreover, Group P gave a relatively small cardiac deceleratory response to a novel tone presented after the repetitive tones. The results were interpreted in terms of autonomic, cortical, and sensory coupling. Several investigators (Eysenck, 1964; Hare, of nonpsychopathic individuals. One reason 196Sb; Lykken, 1957; Quay, 196S; Schach-for this situation is that relatively little releter & Latane, 1964; Tong & Murphy, 1960; vant research has actually been carried out. Walton, 1960) have suggested that certain Moreover, the results of this research, though features of psychopathic behavior may be suggestive, have not always been consistent, related to some form of autonomic (and in For example, the psychopath's resting level some cases cortical) dysfunction. In most of autonomic activity has been found to be cases, it is assumed that the psychopath has normal in some cases and below normal in a hypoactive autonomic nervous system others. Similarly, he has been found to be (ANS) with the result that he is deficient in autonomically hyperresponsive, hyporesponthose autonomic correlates of anxiety neces-sive, and normally responsive to a variety of sary for the development and maintenance of neutral and stressful stimuli, certain patterns of behavior. Although several Methodological differences between studies studies are consistent with this assumption, it may account for part of the discrepant findis nevertheless true that very little is really ings. However, a more important reason may known about the ways in which the function-be the fact that not all investigators have used ing of the psychopath's ANS differs from that the same or comparable criteria for the selec-,_.. , tJ t.T,i.vTT ui. ti on °f psychopathic subjects (5s). In many iThis research was supported by

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“…Where several investigators have reported a general lack of anxiety among psychopaths, (Cleckley, 1955;Perl, 1957;Schuessler & Cressey, 1950;Sherman, 1954), others (Lykken, 1957;Pothast, 1956;Van Evra & Rosenberg, 1963), have shown that differences in anxiety, ego-functions, and neurotic traits exist in groups of criminals and in groups diagnosed as sociopaths. The present study supports the latter point of view by suggesting that neurotic differences can be found between criminals whose crimes are violent, aggressive, and do not involve usual motives of profit and financial gain, and other criminals whose motives are more in line with socially acceptable strivings for economic gain and security.…”

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Neurotic differences between individualized and socialized criminals.

Wilcock

1964

Journal of Consulting Psychology

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This study sought to demonstrate that neurotic differences could be found among prison inmates chosen according to characteristics of their criminal behavior. 3 groups of IS white, male, prison inmates were screened from a prison's total population. An individualized group, whose crimes were violent, aggressive, and lacked a financial motive, were found to show significantly different elevations (at the .05 and .01 levels) from the other groups on several subscales of the MMPI and the CPI. These results reflect more neurotic traits in the individualized group than in the more common socialized criminal groups.

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Ego strength and ego disjunction in primary and secondary psychopaths

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Cardiac response and anxiety levels in psychopathic murderers

Cardiac response and anxiety levels in psychopathic murderers

Psychopathy, autonomic functioning, and the orienting response.

Neurotic differences between individualized and socialized criminals.

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