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Psychiatric Quarterly
Published in: Psychiatric Quarterly 2/2016

01-06-2016 | Original Paper

The Association Between Psychopathic Personality Traits and Victimization and Exposure to Violence in a Sample of Saudi Arabian Youth

Authors: Kevin M. Beaver, Mohammed Said Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed Nezar Kobeisy, Fathiyah H. Alqurashi, Eric J. Connolly, Joseph A. Schwartz

Published in: Psychiatric Quarterly | Issue 2/2016

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Abstract

Psychopathic personality traits have been shown to increase the odds of a wide range of antisocial outcomes. Very little research, however, has examined the association between psychopathy and the risk of personal victimization. The current study address this gap in the literature by examining the association between scores on the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy scale and a self-reported measure of victimization by using cross-sectional data drawn from a sample of youth residing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (N = 311). The results revealed a positive and statistically significant association between LSPR scores and the odds of being victimized. Additional analyses revealed that two mediators—arrest history and exposure to delinquent peers—were related to personal victimization, but neither of these measures mediated the effects of LSPR scores on victimization. Whether these findings would generalize to other nations remains an issue awaiting future research.
Footnotes
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More specific information about school characteristics is not permitted to be released or analyzed in order to ensure that the school from which the sample was drawn remains anonymous. We should note, however, that the distribution of the school’s characteristics is similar to data from other schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
 
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Metadata
Title
The Association Between Psychopathic Personality Traits and Victimization and Exposure to Violence in a Sample of Saudi Arabian Youth
Authors
Kevin M. Beaver
Mohammed Said Al-Ghamdi
Ahmed Nezar Kobeisy
Fathiyah H. Alqurashi
Eric J. Connolly
Joseph A. Schwartz
Publication date
01-06-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Psychiatric Quarterly / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0033-2720
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6709
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-015-9383-1

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