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- Title
DO PSYCHOPATHIC TRAITS STATISTICALLY PROTECT AGAINST PTSD? A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF VIETNAM VETERANS.
- Authors
Bowes, Shauna M.; Brown, April L.; Thompson, William W.; Sellbom, Martin; Lilienfeld, Scott O.
- Abstract
Although psychopathy traits are traditionally associated with maladaptivity, certain traits may statistically buffer against risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research suggests that psychopathy traits are differentially associated with PTSD, as boldness traits are negatively related to PTSD whereas disinhibition features are positively related. The authors sought to clarify the relations between psychopathy and PTSD in a large sample of Vietnam veterans (N = 2,598) and to examine the statistical interactions among (a) psychopathy traits and (b) combat exposure and psychopathy traits in predicting PTSD. Results indicate that psychopathy traits are differentially associated with PTSD in combat-exposed veterans, although the authors found little evidence that boldness was protective against PTSD. Nonetheless, meanness was significantly, albeit weakly, protective against PTSD in the presence of combat exposure. The authors consider the implications of these findings for future research, including the need to consider fearlessness as a heterogeneous construct, and they examine whether the findings generalize to PTSD in DSM-5.
- Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder; RETROSPECTIVE studies; ACQUISITION of data; RISK assessment; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; MEDICAL records; FACTOR analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; VIETNAM veterans; CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders; WOUNDS &; injuries; SENSITIVITY &; specificity (Statistics)
- Publication
Journal of Personality Disorders, 2021, Vol 35, Issue 1, p127
- ISSN
0885-579X
- Publication type
Article