The level of midwifes psychopathy

Abstract

Psychopathy is theoretical construct of personality disorder, commonly defined as a social maladjustment and emotional deficits (Strickland, 2013). In historical theories, the psychopath was described in a different ways. According to the integrative, contemporary modeltriarchic model -psychopathy is treated as a three distinct but interrelated components: boldness, meanness and disinhibition. Boldness is described as a tendency for social dominance, which is accompanied by low anxiety and emotional resiliency. Meanness is a phenotypic manifestation of the lack of empathy, exploitativeness, cruelty, callousness, and thrill seeking. Disinhibition is related to irresponsibility, impulsiveness and hostility (Patric, 2009). The discussed model has been supported by many empirical evidence since the publication of the construct. Including the evidence supporting the relationship between neurobehavioral and cerebral functioning, which can be found in the areas covered by the triarchic theory of psychopathy (Patrick, Durbin, Moser, 2012). On the basis of the theory, the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriMP) was created, i.e. a psychometric tool that satisfactorily measures three factors included in the model. (Patrick, 2010). A lot of research is focused on mental health among medical professions, for example burnout syndrome, however, not much research concerns mental traits shown by employees of selected medical professions.