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  • Clinical Psychology
  • Behavioral Science

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  • Psychopathy, a complex trait, is associated with aggression and antisocial behaviors.
  • The triarchic model categorizes psychopathy into boldness, disinhibition, and meanness.
  • Understanding psychopathy's link to sexual aggression is crucial due to its severe consequences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between general and triarchic psychopathy and sexual aggression in adults.
  • To analyze how different facets of psychopathy (boldness, disinhibition, meanness) relate to sexual aggression.

Main Methods:

  • A preregistered meta-analysis of 117 studies was conducted.
  • Relative weights analysis was employed to derive triarchic psychopathy scores.
  • Examined relationships in adult samples using various psychopathy measures and the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM).

Main Results:

  • Psychopathy showed a moderate positive association with general sexual aggression, excluding rape and child molestation.
  • Meanness and disinhibition were positively related to sexual aggression.
  • Boldness was negatively related to sexual aggression, with significant heterogeneity observed across studies.

Conclusions:

  • Psychopathy is moderately linked to diverse forms of sexual aggression.
  • The specific relationship is influenced by various moderating factors.
  • Insights can improve prevention, treatment, and risk assessment for sexual offenses.