Psychopathic personality traits predict positive attitudes toward sexually predatory behaviors in college men and women

O’Connell, Debra; Marcus, David K.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.02.011

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“…Two overlapping but separable constellations of personality traits (see also Schoenleber, Sadeh, & Verona, 2011), namely, psychopathy and narcissism, have long been associated with many attitudes and behaviors associated with paraphilias: sexual aggression (Mouilso & Calhoun, 2012); sexual coercion (O'Connell & Marcus, 2016); sexual offending (Olver & Wong, 2006); and looser, unrestricted attitudes toward sexual behavior (i.e., sociosexuality; Kastner & Sellbom, 2012). Psychopathy is a constellation of traits characterized by callousness towards others, poor impulse control, promiscuity, and fearlessness, concealed by a veneer of superficial charm and poise (Cleckley, 1941(Cleckley, /1982.…”

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Personality Disorder Features and Paraphilic Interests Among Undergraduates: Differential Relations and Potential Antecedents

Watts

Nagel

Latzman

et al. 2019

Journal of Personality Disorders

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We examined the relations between: (1) narcissism, psychopathy, DSM-5 personality disorder symptom counts; and (2) paraphilic interests among undergraduates (N = 608). Base rates of paraphilic interests were appreciable. The disinhibition and meanness features of psychopathy and the entitlement and exploitativeness features of narcissism were robustly associated with paraphilic interests, particularly sexual sadism, whereas the boldness features of narcissism and psychopathy were essentially unrelated to these interests. Narcissism and psychopathy features typically manifested the most pronounced relations with paraphilic interests, although antisocial personality disorder features were also strong predictors. By and large, these relations were comparable across gender. Lastly, there was no evidence that erotophilia mediated the relations between the narcissism and psychopathy features and paraphilic interests, most likely because erotophilia was generally unrelated to paraphilic interests. Relative to other dimensions of personality disorders, facets of meanness and disinhibition from psychopathy and entitlement/exploitativeness facets from narcissism were most associated with paraphilic interests.

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Section: Psychopathy and Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality Disorder Features and Paraphilic Interests Among Undergraduates: Differential Relations and Potential Antecedents

Watts

Nagel

Latzman

et al. 2019

Journal of Personality Disorders

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“…For example, previous studies indicate that narcissism has been associated with the “acceptance of rape “myth in males [ 25 ], and in females with tendencies to belong to norm [ 26 ]. Machiavellianism has been associated with promiscuity, hostile sexual attitudes, and various selfish and deceptive sexual tactics [ 27 ]; and, psychopathy has been associated with sexual coercion [ 28 ] and predatory sexual behaviors [ 29 ] in both sexes.…”

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Associations between Dark Triad and Ambivalent Sexism: Sex Differences among Adolescents

Navas

Maneiro

Cutrín

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The Dark Triad traits (DT; Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) have been repeatedly labeled as a constellation of traits that are characterized by a dishonest and self-focused approach to interpersonal relations. Personality psychologists suggest that these traits make some people more susceptible than others to intergroup bias, threat, and aggression. Thus, in order to delve into a psychological profile prone to accepting and justifying sexist attitudes, the aims of the current study were to analyze the presence of DT and sexist attitudes in a sample of 367 adolescents (Mage = 15.12, SD = 0.88; 50.1% males), find out the relationships that DT has with both hostile and benevolent sexism, and analyze the relevant differences between sexes in these relationships. The results indicated higher scores in DT and Ambivalent sexism for males. The correlations of Machiavellianism with psychopathy, and psychopathy with narcissism revealed significantly higher associations in males than females. The structural equation modeling of the bifactorial model, characterized by a global latent factor that encompasses the common characteristics of DT—along with the three specific factors of Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism—showed that the global latent factor of DT was related to both hostile and benevolent sexism in males and females. Singularly, narcissism was related to benevolent sexism in males, and psychopathy was related to hostile sexism in females. Finally, this research discusses the implications of these results on the implementation of positive models of interpersonal relationships in adolescence towards dating violence prevention.

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“…Sexually aggressive cognitions encompassed the following: misconceptions of consent, sexual entitlement, adherence to traditional gender roles, belief in token resistance to sex, and belief in rape myths. Due to previous research that shows associations between many different facets of psychopathy and sexual aggression (Malamuth, 2003; O’Connell & Marcus, 2016; Williams et al, 2009), it was hypothesized that higher levels of antagonism and disinhibition would be associated with higher levels of all sexually aggressive cognitions. More specifically, in concordance with previous research (Malamuth, 2003; Mann et al, 2010; O’Connell & Marcus, 2016), manipulativeness and callousness (facets of antagonism) as well as impulsivity and risk taking (facets of disinhibition) were expected to best predict sexually aggressive cognitions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Due to previous research that shows associations between many different facets of psychopathy and sexual aggression (Malamuth, 2003; O’Connell & Marcus, 2016; Williams et al, 2009), it was hypothesized that higher levels of antagonism and disinhibition would be associated with higher levels of all sexually aggressive cognitions. More specifically, in concordance with previous research (Malamuth, 2003; Mann et al, 2010; O’Connell & Marcus, 2016), manipulativeness and callousness (facets of antagonism) as well as impulsivity and risk taking (facets of disinhibition) were expected to best predict sexually aggressive cognitions. In addition to the domains of Antagonism and Disinhibition, there is some previous research that suggests that sexual aggression may be related to the Negative Affectivity (Lyn & Burton, 2005) and Detachment (Bumby & Hansen, 1997; Mann et al, 2010) domains as well.…”

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The Association Between Sexually Aggressive Cognitions and Pathological Personality Traits in Men

Kasowski

Anderson

2019

Violence Against Women

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Sexual aggression, harassment, and sexually aggressive cognitions (victim blaming, sexual entitlement) are serious societal problems. Although research has examined attributes of individuals who engage in overt sexual assault, few studies have focused on individual characteristics of those who perpetuate problematic negative beliefs surrounding sexual assault. This study sought to examine the relationship between pathological personality and sexually aggressive cognitions among 242 community men. Results showed that traits including antagonism, disinhibition, and negative affectivity were associated with sexually aggressive cognitions. These results have implications for understanding sexual aggression and the role personality plays in perpetuating sexually aggressive attitudes.

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Psychopathic personality traits predict positive attitudes toward sexually predatory behaviors in college men and women

Cited by 23 publications

References 23 publications

Personality Disorder Features and Paraphilic Interests Among Undergraduates: Differential Relations and Potential Antecedents

Personality Disorder Features and Paraphilic Interests Among Undergraduates: Differential Relations and Potential Antecedents

Associations between Dark Triad and Ambivalent Sexism: Sex Differences among Adolescents

The Association Between Sexually Aggressive Cognitions and Pathological Personality Traits in Men

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