Short report : self-reported psychopathic traits in Finnish and Dutch samples of non-referred adolescents: exploration of cultural differences
Background: Culture-related differences in psychopathic traits have been reported for adults, but for adolescents such knowledge is lacking. The aim of this cross-national study was to compare self-reported psychopathic traits between Finnish and Dutch samples of mid-adolescent community youth. Methods: The Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory (YPI) was filled in by 372 Finnish and 474 Dutch 15- to 16-year-old pupils. As gender-specific differences exist in psychopathic traits, we analyzed the data separately for boys and girls. Results: Dutch boys scored significantly higher than Finnish boys... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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BMC
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Schlagwörter: | Adolescents / Cultural differences / Psychopathic traits / INVENTORY YPI / PERSONALITY / VALIDITY / BEHAVIOR / VERSION / BOYS / 3124 Neurology and psychiatry / 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27063558 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/160832 |
Background: Culture-related differences in psychopathic traits have been reported for adults, but for adolescents such knowledge is lacking. The aim of this cross-national study was to compare self-reported psychopathic traits between Finnish and Dutch samples of mid-adolescent community youth. Methods: The Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory (YPI) was filled in by 372 Finnish and 474 Dutch 15- to 16-year-old pupils. As gender-specific differences exist in psychopathic traits, we analyzed the data separately for boys and girls. Results: Dutch boys scored significantly higher than Finnish boys on total and all dimensional scores of the YPI as well as on most sub-dimensional scores. Dutch girls scored significantly higher than Finnish girls on the Affective dimension and on the two corresponding sub-dimensions: remorselessness and callousness. Finnish girls scored significantly higher on grandiosity, which loads to the Interpersonal dimension of the YPI. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that culture influences the manifestation of psychopathic traits already in adolescence and that this relation is more prominent in boys. ; Non peer reviewed