Sentences with phrase «of psychopathic behavior»

The movie takes as its departure point the 2010 killing of Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau by the orca Tilikum (who had killed before, apparently), and then examines the rise of Sea World and the inhumane conditions under which these orcas live, which can lead to the kind of psychopathic behavior seen in Tilikum.

This is yet another indicator of psychopathic behavior, along with children trying to be sneaky and get around parents» rules.

Not exact matches

If, like me, you work in a field that made the wrong end of this list and you're wondering how to tell if a certain colleague you suspect might be a psychopath actually is, here's a handy checklist of psychopathic traits and behaviors to help you decide.

In 1987, they heard psychiatrist Elliott T. Barker give a keynote address on «The Critical Importance of Mothering» in which he linked adult psychopathic behavior to extreme disruptions in attachment.

However, by humanizing psychopathic behavior, The Act of Killing is unparalleled in its unsettling perspective on the dementias associated with dictatorial extremes.

Dr. Dylan Reinhart (Cumming) is a gifted author and university professor living a quiet life teaching psychopathic behavior to packed classes of adoring students.

The goal of this article is to provide a selective and targeted review of the neuroimaging literature on psychopathic tendencies and antisocial behavior and to explore the extent to which this literature supports recent cognitive neuroscientific models of psychopathy and antisocial behavior.

[jounal] Caputo, A / 1999 / Family violence and juvenile sex offending: Potential mediating roles of psychopathic traits and negative attitudes toward woman / Criminal Justice and Behavior 26: 338 ~ 356

In addition, as previously mentioned, most of the studies on psychopathic traits and delinquent behavior were conducted in high - risk samples.

Studies have shown that youths with high psychopathic traits have an earlier onset of delinquent behavior, have higher levels of delinquent behavior, and show higher rates of recidivism than youths with low psychopathic traits [4, 5].

Studies have shown that youths with high psychopathic traits have an earlier onset of delinquent behavior, have higher levels of delinquent behavior, and show higher rates of recidivism than youths with low psychopathic traits.

Psychiatric evaluation of youths with Disruptive Behavior Disorders and psychopathic traits: A critical review of assessment measures.

Furthermore, in conduct - problem youths, it has been found that the presence of psychopathic traits was related to a more severe pattern of antisocial behavior than when these traits were not present [4].

The RPQ is a self - report measure that exhibits excellent construct and predictive validity, with the proactive subscale predicting objectively measured conduct problems and externalizing behaviors [59] and initiation of fights, delinquency, serious violent offending and psychopathic traits in adolescence [58].

After making a decision concerning the number of groups of adolescents with psychopathic traits, the Wald chi - square test of mean equality of potential latent class predictors (Asparouhouv and Muthén 2007) was performed, followed by post hoc tests, to test group differences in problem behavior, delinquent behavior, and substance use.

While, when defining effective intervention efforts, it is important to test whether the predictive value of psychopathic traits on delinquent behavior is confined only to the most antisocial youths or whether the relationship between psychopathic traits and delinquent characteristics is similar for juvenile justice and non-juvenile justice youths [7].

In the present study, we examined whether a residential sample of adolescents can be classified into subgroups based on psychopathic traits and to what extent differences in internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and drug use characterize these subgroups.

Adolescents with psychopathic traits often engage in delinquent behaviors earlier, show more versatility in offending, commit more violent crimes, and show higher rates of recidivism than other offenders (Lynam and Gudonis 2005; Skeem and Cauffman 2003; Vincent et al. 2003; Walters 2003).

In addition, in both boys and girls elevated psychopathic traits are related to a higher likelihood of delinquent behavior [4].

Psychopathic traits mediate the association of serotonin transporter genotype and child externalizing behavior.

However, there is a notable lack of research on gender differences in the relationship between psychopathic traits and delinquent behavior [13].

Since psychopathic traits have been found to be related to psychopathology (e.g., [8, 9, 21]-RRB- and psychopathology has been found to be related to delinquent behavior in youths (e.g., [22 — 24]-RRB-, it is reasonable to suggest that the level of psychopathology influences the relationship between psychopathic traits and specific forms of delinquent behavior, and therefore may have influenced our results.

Psychopathic traits are found to be present in a wide range of youths (i.e., high - risk as well as general population sample, young children as well as adolescents, boys as well as girls) and are related to delinquent behavior.

However, up till now the vast majority of research on psychopathic traits and delinquent behavior has focused on high - risk samples for juvenile delinquency [7].

Gaining greater understanding of associations between psychopathic traits and delinquent behavior in a high - risk sample for juvenile delinquency as well as in a general population sample is essential for developing effective intervention strategies.