Resting Heart Rate and Psychopathy Revisited: Findings From the Add Health Survey
| Autor: | Q. John Fu, Nicholas Kavish, Zhengmin Qian, Michael G. Vaughn, Brian B. Boutwell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Rest Psychopathy RESTING HEART RATE Pathology and Forensic Medicine Arousal Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Heart Rate Risk Factors Heart rate medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Applied Psychology 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Antisocial Personality Disorder medicine.disease Aggression Impulsive Behavior Health survey Female 0509 other social sciences Psychology Low resting heart rate 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 63:543-557 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6933 0306-624X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0306624x18806748 |
| Popis: | Despite the prior linkages of low resting heart rate to antisocial behavior broadly defined, less work has been done examining possible associations between heart rate to psychopathic traits. The small body of research on the topic that has been conducted so far seems to suggest an inverse relationship between the two constructs. A smaller number of studies has found the opposite result, however, and some of the previous studies have been limited by small sample sizes and unrepresentative samples. The current study attempts to help clarify the relationship between resting heart rate and psychopathic traits in a large, nationally representative sample (analytical N ranged from 14,173-14,220) using an alternative measure of psychopathic traits that is less focused on antisocial processes, and rooted in personality traits. No significant relationship between heart rate and psychopathic traits, or heart rate and a measure of cold-heartedness, was found. It is possible that previous findings of a link between heart rate and psychopathy have been driven by the inclusion of overt antisocial behavior in many traditional psychopathy measures. Further work is needed to confirm the associations (or lack thereof) between heart rate and the behavioral, affective, and personality trait aspects of psychopathy. |
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