Psychopathy Deviate Tendency and Personality Characteristics in an Iranian Adolescents and Youth Sample: Gender Differences and Predictors

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine the possible effects of gender and age differences in psychopathy tendency and personality characteristics in an Iranian sample. The sample included 106 adolescents and 94 youth that were randomly selected from Eghlid city, Iran. Analysis indicated that psychopathy and personality were positively correlated in agreeableness and conscientiousness domains, and positive affects, intellectual interest and dependability traits among the adolescents and youth groups. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANoVA) rejected the effects of age group and gender in both psychopathy and personality characteristics. The resulting findings indicated that orderliness and positive affect, intellectual interest, extraversion and unconventionality, and orderliness explained psychopathy in the total sample, adolescents, youth and males respectively.

Impulsivity, Aggression, and Psychopathic Deviation in a Sample of Iranian Adolescents and Young Adults: Gender Differences and Predictors

“…This study indicated that cognitive impulsivity and verbal aggression were positively and negatively correlated to psychopathic deviation, respectively. These findings are relatively consistent with predictions of literature and conceptualizations in the field of psychopathic and aggression (Barratt, 1995; Downloaded by [Flinders University of South Australia] at 10:27 07 October 2014 Khodarahimi, 2010a;Kruh et al, 2005;Luengo, Carrillo-de-la-Pena, Otero, & Romero, 1994;Moeller et al, 2001;Reidy et al, 2011;Reidy et al, 2007;Vitacco et al, 2002). This study suggests that cognitive impulsivity can be assumed as the indicator of biological component in development of psychopathic deviation.…”

“…Many studies showed significant relationships between aggressive and psychopathic Downloaded by [Flinders University of South Australia] at 10:27 07 October 2014 Impulsivity,Aggression,and Psychopathy in Iran 375 behaviors in clinical settings (Reidy, Shelley-Tremblay, & Lilienfeld, 2011;Reidy, Zeichner, Miller, & Martinez, 2007). Also, research indicated significant positive correlations between aggression and psychopathic deviation in Iranian culture (Khodarahimi, 2010a). Theoretically, Seroczynski et al (1999) distinguished two categories in this field that were called reactive and proactive aggression.…”

“…Psychopathy-related investigations in the country were focused on a few special populations such as prisoners, or they sought the roles of a few mental health factors rather than impulsivity and aggression on psychopathy in general population (Assadi et al, 2006;Khodarahimi, 2010a;Shariat et al, 2010).…”

Personality Dimensions and Attributional Styles in Individuals with and without Gender Dysphoria

“…These findings are consistent with earlier investigations that supported the role of biological sex on big five personality dimensions (64)(65)(66). Further, tests of between subjects' effects for ethnicity only showed significant differences on neuroticism; and individuals with Fars ethnicity had greater neuroticism than participants with Turkish ethnicity, a finding consistent with previous research on ethnicity and the big five personality dimensions (67,68). Thus, both gender and ethnicity can influence personality dimensions beyond that of gender identity orientation through socialization and social recognition procedures which take place during the childhood development in familial and social contexts.…”