Journal article
Psychopathic Personality in Early Childhood: A Critical Comment on Lopez-Romero et al. (2021)
Journal of personality disorders, v 36(3)
Jun 2022
PMID: 35647772
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Abstract
A recent article published in the
(López-Romero et al., 2021) described the identification of "putative psychopathic personality" in a school cohort of 3-6-year-old children from Spain. This comment offers cautionary considerations of the original article on scientific grounds and critical comments on policy grounds. We caution researchers, policymakers, attorneys, judges, and the general public about the dangers of using this label given present knowledge about the antecedents, early indicators, and stability of the adult disorder of psychopathic personality when assessed in childhood.
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- Title
- Psychopathic Personality in Early Childhood: A Critical Comment on Lopez-Romero et al. (2021)
- Creators
- Joel Dvoskin - University of ArizonaStephen Golding - University of ArizonaKirk Heilbrun - Drexel UniversityElizabeth Cauffman - University of California, IrvineDavid DeMatteo - Drexel UniversityJohn Edens - Texas A&M UniversityStephen Hart - Simon Fraser UniversityEdward Mulvey - University of PittsburghJennifer Skeem - University of California, BerkeleyJodi Viljoen - Simon Fraser UniversityGina Vincent - University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Publication Details
- Journal of personality disorders, v 36(3)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); Thomas R. Kline School of Law
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000806168700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85131217669
- Other Identifier
- 991019169416004721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychiatry