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Adult psychopathy and violent behavior in males with early neglect and abuse.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12072136     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: Within a Swedish longitudinal project, possible implications of childhood neglect and/or abuse on adult psychopathy checklist (PCL) scores and violent offending were studied. METHOD: The subjects were males (n=199), recruited from a socially high-risk neighborhood and grouped on an index variable of victimization, yielding high (n=110) and low victimization (n=89) groups. To highlight a possible comorbidity of all three problems in the same persons, a combined dimensional and categorical (configural frequency analysis, CFA) approach was applied. RESULTS: The high victimization subjects exerted significantly more violence, as did subjects with high PCL scores. Furthermore, in the CFA two significant 'types' were found: one type indicating that 'high' victimization in childhood is closely linked to later 'extensive' violence and 'high' PCL scores at adult age in the same individuals; the other supporting a frequent co-occurring of 'low' victimization in childhood, 'none or minor' later indications of violence and 'low' adult PCL scores. CONCLUSION: The results point to possible underlying mechanisms linked to all three problems characterizing the affected subjects.
Authors:
S Lang; B af Klinteberg; P-O Alm
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum     Volume:  -     ISSN:  0065-1591     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl     Publication Date:  2002  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-06-19     Completed Date:  2005-08-11     Revised Date:  2008-02-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370365     Medline TA:  Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl     Country:  Denmark    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  93-100     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Antisocial Personality Disorder / diagnosis,  epidemiology*,  psychology
Child
Child Abuse / statistics & numerical data*
Crime Victims / statistics & numerical data
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Violence / psychology,  statistics & numerical data*

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