The relationship between psychopathic traits and risky sexual behavior in incarcerated adult male offenders.

ABSTRACT: Individuals scoring high on psychopathic traits engage in various forms of risky behavior. However, the relationship between psychopathic traits and risky sexual behavior (RSB) is less understood, especially with participants recruited from incarcerated settings. Here, we investigated the relationship between RSB and psychopathic traits with n = 179 incarcerated adult male offenders who completed a self-report RSB questionnaire asking participants about their lifetime number of sexual partners and frequency of using a condom during sex. Psychopathic traits were assessed using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R). In independent-samples t-tests, participants scoring high on psychopathic traits (i.e., PCL-R total score ≥ 30) reported greater total number of sexual p

SUBMITTER: Reynolds BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10634662 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature