University of Cyprus, Nicosia.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2022 Nov;66(15):1550-1574. doi: 10.1177/0306624X211013517. Epub 2021 May 5.
The role of parental antisocial behavior in the development of adolescent psychopathology is well established in the literature. However, less is known about the role of parental psychopathic traits in offspring psychopathology. Adolescents (N = 210; boys = 107) and their parents participated in a study measuring parental antisocial behavior, psychopathic traits (i.e., callous-unemotional traits, impulsive-irresponsibility, and grandiosity), and adolescent psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD). Results from the structural equation model suggested that maternal antisocial acts, but not anger propensity, positively predicted adolescent CD, ODD, and depressive symptoms. Paternal anger propensity mainly predicted internalizing problems, whereas paternal impulsive-irresponsibility predicted anxiety and ADHD symptoms. In addition, findings pointed to several indirect effects from maternal and paternal psychopathic traits to adolescent psychopathology, with the strongest one being between maternal impulsive-irresponsibility to maternal antisocial acts to adolescent ODD. The findings suggest that parental antisocial behaviors and psychopathic traits, and especially impulsive-irresponsibility, should be considered in interventions aiming to reduce adolescent psychopathology.
父母的反社会行为在青少年精神病理学的发展中起着重要作用，这在文献中已有充分的证明。然而，父母的精神病态特征在后代精神病理学中的作用知之甚少。研究招募了 210 名青少年（男生 107 名）及其父母，测量了父母的反社会行为、精神病态特征（即冷酷无情特质、冲动不负责任和浮夸）以及青少年的精神病理学，包括抑郁、焦虑、注意缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）、对立违抗性障碍（ODD）和品行障碍（CD）。结构方程模型的结果表明，母亲的反社会行为，但不是愤怒倾向，正向预测青少年的 CD、ODD 和抑郁症状。父亲的愤怒倾向主要预测内化问题，而父亲的冲动不负责任则预测焦虑和 ADHD 症状。此外，研究结果还指出了父母精神病态特征对青少年精神病理学的几种间接影响，其中最强的影响是母亲的冲动不负责任通过母亲的反社会行为对青少年 ODD 的影响。研究结果表明，在旨在减少青少年精神病理学的干预措施中，应考虑父母的反社会行为和精神病态特征，尤其是冲动不负责任。
