Marshall L A, Cooke D J
Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.
J Pers Disord. 1999 Fall;13(3):211-25. doi: 10.1521/pedi.1999.13.3.211.
We compared the childhood experiences of criminal psychopaths with those of criminal nonpsychopaths, to examine whether differences in either the type or intensity of adverse experience in childhood could be identified. One hundred and five prisoners, 50 psychopaths, and 55 nonpsychopaths were assessed with the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) and Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA) semistructured interviews. Both assessment measures have been demonstrated to be reliable and valid instruments. File information from both adult and child services provided corroborative material. Factor analysis of the childhood experience variables revealed two distinct factors, familial and societal, both of which were highly correlated with adult psychopathy scores. These findings suggest that the experiences psychopaths have in childhood influence adult outcome.
我们将犯罪型心理变态者的童年经历与非心理变态的罪犯进行了比较，以研究是否能确定童年不良经历在类型或强度上的差异。我们用《修订版心理变态检查表》（PCL-R）和《关爱与虐待童年经历》（CECA）半结构化访谈对105名囚犯进行了评估，其中50名是心理变态者，55名是非心理变态者。这两种评估方法都已被证明是可靠且有效的工具。来自成人和儿童服务机构的档案信息提供了佐证材料。对童年经历变量的因子分析揭示了两个不同的因素，即家庭因素和社会因素，这两个因素都与成人心理变态得分高度相关。这些发现表明，心理变态者童年的经历会影响其成年后的状况。
