Schimmenti Adriano, Passanisi Alessia, Caretti Vincenzo
a Kore University of Enna , Enna , Italy.
J Child Sex Abus. 2014;23(7):853-60. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2014.938210.
It has been demonstrated that psychopathy is a crucial construct for the understanding of criminal and violent behavior. However, research on psychopathic traits among child sexual abusers is still scant. In this study, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised was used to assess psychopathy in a group of 87 Italian, male inmates who were convicted of violent crimes. Child sexual abusers (N = 23) scored higher on the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised interpersonal-affective factor compared to participants who did not perpetrate child sexual abuse. Notably, child sexual abusers showed a very high average score on the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised affective dimension; furthermore, they showed high scores on the two Psychopathy Checklist-Revised items excluded from its two factors-four facets structure (i.e., the items denoting devaluation of intimate relationships). The results of this study may positively inform the development of treatment strategies for child sexual abusers.
研究表明，精神病态是理解犯罪和暴力行为的关键概念。然而，对儿童性虐待者的精神病态特征的研究仍然很少。在本研究中，使用《精神病态量表修订版》对一组87名因暴力犯罪被定罪的意大利男性囚犯的精神病态进行评估。与未实施儿童性虐待的参与者相比，儿童性虐待者（N = 23）在《精神病态量表修订版》的人际情感因子上得分更高。值得注意的是，儿童性虐待者在《精神病态量表修订版》的情感维度上平均得分非常高；此外，他们在从其两因素四方面结构中排除的两个《精神病态量表修订版》项目（即表示亲密关系贬值的项目）上得分也很高。本研究结果可能为儿童性虐待者治疗策略的制定提供积极参考。
