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La relación entre la psicopatía y la agresión sexual: un metanálisis
Melissa Packer West1, Tianwei V Du2, Kaela Van Til1
1Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Journal of personality
|August 31, 2025
Resumen
La psicopatía está moderadamente relacionada con la agresión sexual. El modelo triárquico muestra que la mezquindad y la desinhibición aumentan el riesgo, mientras que la audacia lo disminuye, afectando la prevención y el tratamiento.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Psicología Forense
- Psicología clínica
- Ciencias del comportamiento
Sus antecedentes:
- La psicopatía, un rasgo complejo, está asociada con la agresión y los comportamientos antisociales.
- El modelo triárquico clasifica la psicopatía en audacia, desinhibición y maldad.
- Comprender el vínculo de la psicopatía con la agresión sexual es crucial debido a sus graves consecuencias.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la relación entre la psicopatía general y triárquica y la agresión sexual en adultos.
- Para analizar cómo las diferentes facetas de la psicopatía (audacia, desinhibición, maldad) se relacionan con la agresión sexual.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizó un metanálisis pre-registrado de 117 estudios.
- Se empleó el análisis de pesos relativos para obtener puntuaciones de psicopatía triárquicas.
- Se examinaron las relaciones en muestras de adultos utilizando varias medidas de psicopatía y la Medida de psicopatía triárquica (TriPM).
Principales resultados:
- La psicopatía mostró una asociación positiva moderada con la agresión sexual en general, excluyendo la violación y el abuso sexual infantil.
- La maldad y la desinhibición estaban positivamente relacionadas con la agresión sexual.
- La audacia se relacionó negativamente con la agresión sexual, con una heterogeneidad significativa observada en todos los estudios.
Conclusiones:
- La psicopatía está moderadamente relacionada con diversas formas de agresión sexual.
- La relación específica está influenciada por varios factores moderadores.
- Las ideas pueden mejorar la prevención, el tratamiento y la evaluación del riesgo de delitos sexuales.
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