PP461
Analítico de Periódico
Almeida, Fernando
Male and female psychopaths : affective, interpersonal, and behavioral differences / Fernando Almeida, Diana Moreira
Psiquiatria, Psicologia e Justiça, Santo Tirso, N. 17 (janeiro 2020), p. 75-111
PSICOLOGIA, PSICOPATOLOGIA, PSICOPATA, COMPORTAMENTO ANTI-SOCIAL, RELAÇÃO CONJUGAL, VIOLÊNCIA DOMÉSTICA, AGRESSÃO, PORTUGAL
Psychopathy can be defined as a constellation of traits that comprises affectivecharacteristics, interpersonal characteristics, as well as impulsive and antisocial behavior. The main goal of this review was to present differential characteristics of psychopathic personality between men and women. The repercussions of the actions of individuals with pronounced traits of psychopathic personality reaches, more and more, deferred relationships (relationships with others), in favor of direct relationships (relationship with oneself). Women with pronounced traits of psychopathic personality are responsprevalence in both sexes. Most studies focus on a male population. It is concluded that the identification of psychopathy in women seems to be more difficult, as there are differences in the clinical presentation of antisocial behavior, especially when it comes to aggression, a feature that is more visible and present in men than in women. When women with pronounced traits of psychopathic personality display antisocial traits, there are negative consequences in relationships with others, such as emotional problems, marital difficulties, violent relationships with men, poor maternal experience, and not irrelevant social problematic.