University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, USA.
Behav Sci Law. 2012 Sep-Oct;30(5):557-74. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2038. Epub 2012 Sep 21.
The current study examined the prevalence and structure of psychopathic traits in females and males using a very large world sample (N = 33,016, females = 19,183). Psychopathic traits were assessed with the Self-Report Psychopathy (SRP) scale, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the four-factor model of psychopathy (interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, antisocial) both in the total sample and in the separate samples of females and males. Multi-sample confirmatory factor analysis was used to test for invariance of model parameters across sex as well as across females from different world regions. Inferential statistics were used to examine how the mean-level average of the four SRP facets varied as a function of culture and sex. Finally, the SRP data were linked to objective world health data (e.g., mortality, fertility, gross domestic product) from relevant world regions. The results indicated good support for the four-factor model, as well as invariance across sex and reasonably good evidence of invariance across females from different world regions. Variation in the elevation of SRP facet scores across major world regions suggested that cultural factors moderated the expression of the level of psychopathic propensities and that these traits were strongly correlated with the world health data.
本研究使用一个非常大的世界样本（N=33016，女性=19183），调查了女性和男性的精神病态特征的流行率和结构。使用自我报告精神病态量表（SRP）评估精神病态特征，并使用结构方程模型（SEM）在总样本以及女性和男性的单独样本中测试精神病态的四因素模型（人际、情感、生活方式、反社会）。多样本验证性因子分析用于测试模型参数在性别和不同世界区域的女性之间的不变性。推理统计用于检验四个 SRP 方面的平均水平平均值如何作为文化和性别的函数而变化。最后，将 SRP 数据与来自相关世界区域的客观世界健康数据（例如死亡率、生育率、国内生产总值）相关联。结果表明，四因素模型得到了很好的支持，性别之间具有不变性，并且来自不同世界区域的女性之间具有相当好的不变性证据。主要世界区域之间 SRP 方面得分升高的变化表明，文化因素调节了精神病态倾向水平的表达，这些特征与世界健康数据密切相关。
