RT Article
T1 Trauma, Psychopathy, and Antisocial Outcomes Among Community Youth: Distinguishing Trauma Events From Trauma Reactions
JF Youth violence and juvenile justice
VO 19
IS 3
SP 277
OP 291
A1 DeLisi, Matt
A2 Pechorro, Pedro
A2 Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa
A2 Maroco, João
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1759094757
AB Psychopathy and trauma exposure are robustly associated with youth conduct problems, but the interrelation of these constructs is unclear. The objective of the present study is to examine psychopathy mediation effects related to trauma events and trauma reactions and juvenile delinquency, conduct disorder, crime seriousness, and proactive overt aggression outcomes. The sample consisted of N =388 (M = 16.01 years, SD = 1.03 years, age range = 13–18 years) male youths from Portugal. Path analysis procedures revealed that psychopathy partially mediates the relation between trauma events and the juvenile delinquency, conduct disorder, crime seriousness outcomes, and fully mediates the relation between trauma events and the proactive overt aggression outcome. Trauma reactions have no direct significant effect on psychopathy, and psychopathy does not mediate the relation between trauma reactions and the examined outcomes. Research on trauma and adverse childhood experiences should encompass both events and reactions to those events as they have differential associations with psychopathy and externalizing outcomes. Trauma-informed service, supervision, and treatment is essential for understanding antisocial development and psychological maladjustment among youth.
K1 Trauma
K1 Psychopathy
K1 Mediation
K1 Juvenile Delinquency
K1 Conduct Disorder
K1 Aggression
DO 10.1177/1541204020984214