ArticleInternational journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology2022
Toxic Relationships: The Experiences and Effects of Psychopathy in Romantic Relationships.
Article in International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Causal Effect of Psychopathy on Partner Well-Being: A National Longitudinal Study.Journal of personality · 2026Article
- Emotional and attentional anomalies underlying triarchic psychopathic traits: an EEG-startle blink study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Development and initial validation of the toxic personality scale: exploring reliability, structure, and convergent validity.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Article
- Risk Assessment of Somatic Symptom Disorder Among Patients Attending a Family Medicine Practice in an Academic Center.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- Psychopathy is a neglected public health problem.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Burden of employment loss and absenteeism in adults and caregivers of children with sickle cell disease.Blood advances · 2024Article
- Men's Psychopathy and Mating Effort in Intimate Relationships: Links with Jealousy and Sexual Coercion.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- An assessment of appraisals of dating relationship conflicts and perceptions of appropriate coping strategies with psychologically abusive interactions.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- All Walks of Life: Editorial for the Special Issue on "The Impact of Psychopathy: Multidisciplinary and Applied Perspectives".International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Limited research exists on the impact of psychopathy within romantic relationships. We examined mental and physical health consequences reported by intimate partners of individuals with psychopathic traits. Additionally, we explored whether psychopathy severity and coping impacted the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms. Four hundred fifty-seven former and current intimate partners of individuals with psychopathic traits were recruited from online support groups. Victims reported a variety of abusive experiences and various negative symptomatology involving emotional, biological, behavioral, cognitive, and interpersonal consequences. Psychopathy severity and maladaptive coping were significantly related to increased PTSD and depression, while adaptive coping was only related to decreased depression. Regression analyses revealed that experiencing many forms of victimization predicted increased PTSD and depression symptoms. Examining the specific consequences experienced by intimate partners of individuals with psychopathic traits can aid the development of individualized treatment interventions aimed at symptom mitigation, recovery, and prevention of future victimization.
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