Boduszek Daniel, Debowska Agata, Willmott Dominic, Jones Adele D, DeLisi Matthew, Kirkman Gillian
a Department of Psychology, University of Huddersfield , Huddersfield , UK.
b Psychology Faculty, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities , Katowice , Poland.
J Child Sex Abus. 2019 Aug-Sep;28(6):708-725. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2019.1592272. Epub 2019 Mar 25.
Childhood abuse is associated with increased psychopathic features among girls, but most prior research is based on data from correctional samples of female delinquents and less is known about how specific forms of childhood abuse affect specific features of psychopathy. Using a school-based community sample of 696 girls aged 9-17 years from Barbados and Grenada, the current study examined latent profiles of psychopathic personality traits and their associations with physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Latent profile analysis (LPA) revealed four distinct psychopathy groups among girls, including a 'low psychopathy' group (41.9% of girls), 'high psychopathy' group (4.8%), 'high interpersonal manipulation and egocentricity' group (37.4%), and a 'moderate psychopathy' group (16%). There was considerable evidence of physical abuse, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse among participants. Sexual abuse was associated with a 116% increased likelihood of membership in the high psychopathy group and a 57% increased likelihood of membership in the high interpersonal manipulation and egocentricity group. These results indicate that sexual abuse is a powerful distal factor in the development of psychopathic personality functioning, especially more severe variants.
童年期受虐与女孩精神变态特征增加有关，但之前的大多数研究基于女性少年犯惩教样本数据，对于童年期受虐的特定形式如何影响精神变态的特定特征知之甚少。本研究以来自巴巴多斯和格林纳达的696名9至17岁在校女生社区样本为对象，考察了精神变态人格特质的潜在剖面及其与身体虐待、情感虐待和性虐待的关联。潜在剖面分析（LPA）揭示了女孩中四个不同的精神变态组，包括“低精神变态”组（占女孩的41.9%）、“高精神变态”组（4.8%）、“高人际操纵和自我中心”组（37.4%）以及“中度精神变态”组（16%）。有大量证据表明参与者存在身体虐待、情感虐待和性虐待情况。性虐待与加入高精神变态组的可能性增加116%以及加入高人际操纵和自我中心组的可能性增加57%相关。这些结果表明，性虐待是精神变态人格功能发展的一个强大远端因素，尤其是更严重的变体。
