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Published in: Psychiatric Quarterly 4/2014

01-12-2014 | Original Article

Psychopathic Personality Traits and Their Influence on Parenting Quality: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of Americans

Authors: Kevin M. Beaver, Christian da Silva Costa, Ana Paula Poersch, Micheli Cristina Freddi, Mônica Celis Stelmach, Eric J. Connolly, Joseph A. Schwartz

Published in: Psychiatric Quarterly | Issue 4/2014

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Abstract

Psychopathic personality traits have consistently been found to predict a range of negative and dysfunctional outcomes. As a result, it is somewhat surprising that the research to date has failed to empirically examine the potential association between psychopathic personality traits and parenting quality. The current study addressed this omission in the literature by analyzing a community sample of adults. The results revealed that respondents scoring higher on psychopathic personality traits tended to report more negative parenting quality. These results were detected for both males and females and remained significant even after controlling for the effects of parental transmission and child-effects. To our knowledge, this is the first study to show a statistically significant association between psychopathic personality traits and parenting quality. We conclude with a discussion of what these findings mean for psychopathy research and the parenting the literature.
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Metadata
Title
Psychopathic Personality Traits and Their Influence on Parenting Quality: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of Americans
Authors
Kevin M. Beaver
Christian da Silva Costa
Ana Paula Poersch
Micheli Cristina Freddi
Mônica Celis Stelmach
Eric J. Connolly
Joseph A. Schwartz
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Psychiatric Quarterly / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0033-2720
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6709
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-014-9308-4

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