%0 Journal Article
%T Victimization history and posttraumatic stress: an analysis of psychopathy variants in male juvenile offenders
%J Journal of child and adolescent trauma
%D 2012
%A Tatar, Joseph R.
%A Cauffman, Elizabeth
%A Kimonis, Eva R.
%A Skeem, Jennifer L.
%V 5
%N 2
%P 102-113
%X Theory and empirical research suggest that psychopathy may be disaggregated into primary and secondary variants. In practice, individuals with high scores on psychopathy measures are treated as a homogenous group. In this study, interviewers recruited 355 incarcerated youth to assess potential differences in trauma history, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and dissociative symptoms among high-anxious (secondary) and low-anxious (primary) variants of psychopathy.
RESULTS indicate that youth with secondary psychopathy report a greater history of traumatic experiences and past PTSD symptoms--but not dissociative symptoms--than primary variants. These results suggest that youth with high scores on measures of psychopathy are a heterogeneous group, necessitating nuanced assessment and treatment practices.
Language: en
%G en %I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group %@ 1936-1521 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361521.2012.671794