Center for Criminological and Psychosocial Research (CAPS), Örebro University.
Sociology and Criminology and Law, University of Florida.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2018;88(2):211-225. doi: 10.1037/ort0000205. Epub 2016 Oct 27.
This study analyzed data from a prospective longitudinal study of Swedish preschoolers to examine whether psychopathic traits and concurrent conduct problems predict future conduct problems (CP) across 1- and 2-year follow-ups into early childhood. We tested the predictive ability of psychopathic traits while controlling for concurrent CP, and also by combining psychopathic traits with concurrent CP. A community sample of 1,867 preschoolers (47% girls) ages 3 to 5 years at baseline was recruited from a Swedish medium-sized municipality. Results from multivariate regression analyses showed that psychopathic traits alone (without co-occurring CP) did not consistently predict continuing childhood CP, but did so, among both boys and girls, in combination with concurrent conduct problems. It is important to note that, the combination of concurrent CP and the entire psychopathic personality, that is, a 3-dimensional psychopathic construct, was a stronger predictor of continuing childhood CP than the combination of concurrent CP and Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits among boys but not among girls. (PsycINFO Database Record
这项研究分析了来自瑞典学龄前儿童前瞻性纵向研究的数据，以检验精神病态特征和同时存在的行为问题是否能预测未来的行为问题（CP），随访时间为 1 年和 2 年，进入儿童早期。我们在控制同时存在的 CP 的情况下，测试了精神病态特征的预测能力，同时还将精神病态特征与同时存在的 CP 结合起来进行测试。一个由 1867 名学龄前儿童（47%为女孩）组成的社区样本，年龄在基线时为 3 至 5 岁，来自瑞典一个中等规模的市镇。多元回归分析的结果表明，单独的精神病态特征（没有同时存在的 CP）并不能持续预测持续的儿童 CP，但在男孩和女孩中，与同时存在的行为问题相结合时，确实可以预测。需要注意的是，在男孩中，同时存在的 CP 和整个精神病态人格（即三维精神病态结构）与同时存在的 CP 和冷酷无情（CU）特征的组合相比，是持续儿童 CP 的更强预测因素，但在女孩中并非如此。（PsycINFO 数据库记录
