A meta-analysis of childhood maltreatment in relation to psychopathic traits
Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Corine de Ruiter , Matthias Burghart, Raneesha De Silva, Sara Griesbeck Garcia, Ushna Mian, Eoin Walshe, Veronika Zouharova Published: August 10, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272704 Abstract Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by a mix of traits belonging to four facets: affective (e.g., callous/lack of empathy), interpersonal (e.g., grandiosity), behavioral instability (e.g., impulsivity, poor behavioral controls), and social deviance (e.g., juvenile delinquency, criminal versatility). Several scholars have argued that early childhood maltreatment impacts the development of psychopathy,…