Impaired processing of threat in psychopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of factorial data in male offender populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterised by two underlying factors. Factor 1 (affective and interpersonal deficits) captures affective deficits, whilst Factor 2 (antisocial and impulsive/disorganised behaviours) captures life course persistent antisocial behaviours. Impaired processing of threat has been proposed as an aetiologically salient factor in the development of psychopathy, but the relationship of this impairment to the factorial structure of the disorder in adult male offenders is unclear.

Objectives

To investigate whether threat processing deficits are characteristic of psychopathy as a unitary construct or whether such deficits are specifically linked to higher scores on individual factors.

Data sources

A systematic review of the lite

SUBMITTER: Kozhuharova P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6818800 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature