| Title: |
The Role of Psychopathic Traits in Subtypes of Family Homicide. |
| Authors: |
Sohn, Jiseun1 (AUTHOR) jiseun.sohn@sus.edu, Raine, Adrian2 (AUTHOR), Hong, Young-Oh3 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Deviant Behavior. Jan2025, p1-13. 13p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*FISHER discriminant analysis, *MURDERERS, *DOMESTIC violence, *HOMICIDE, *LOGISTIC regression analysis |
| Abstract: |
Although a relationship between psychopathy and homicide has been frequently reported, to the best of our knowledge, no study has examined psychopathy in different forms of family homicide. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of psychopathic traits in four forms of family homicide. A sample of 213 family homicide offenders (intimate partner homicide, parricide, filicide, and siblicide) were assessed on the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) with data analyzed using the multinomial logistic regressions and discriminant function analysis. Parricide, filicide, and intimate partner homicide offenders showed significantly more affective deficits (higher facet 2) compared to siblicide, with parricide having the highest score on affective deficits. In addition, intimate partner homicide showed more interpersonal (higher facet 1) and antisocial problems (higher facet 4) than parricide. No significant difference on any facet was found in comparison between parricide and filicide nor in comparison between intimate partner homicide and filicide. Overall, facet 2 which evaluates affective traits emerged as the psychopathy facet that best differentiates different forms of family homicide. Results highlight the importance of understanding affective deficits when examining the etiology of extreme violence in family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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