Psychopathology is one of the most abstract, comorbid, and imperative subjects in the field of psychology. Psychopathology has onsets ranging from newborns to late adulthood and can present itself in a variety of forms. It also has a selection of prevalence rates among and depending on the different types of disorders that fall under psychopathology. The social construction of a psychopath has also been a topic of misconstrued details. For example, it is a common misbelief that psychopaths do not have emotions. However, they do portray emotions, just in a narcissistic manner (Meloy, 1988). Interestingly, only 1% of the population consists of psychopaths. While genes do contribute a big part of the development of psychopathy, they are not the
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According to Kahn (2012), manipulation and lying are usually prominent tendencies with children who are callous and unemotional. Although all children at a young age can be dishonest and manipulative, they still feel guilt when caught or when called out for their bad behavior (Kahn, 2012). However, children with callous and unemotional traits tend to not feel guilty about any lie they tell or manipulation they do (Kahn, 2012). For many years, research has studied the psychopathic traits that people possess as adults. The research for children with psychopathic traits is very limited and is still debatable as to where the cause stems from. A study conducted by Robinson, Azores-Gococo, Brennan, and Lilienfeld (2015) studied maternal personality traits towards parenting practices and child’s personality traits. The study used a sample of 75 all male participants between 7 and 11 years of age. (Robinson, Azores-Gococo, Brennan, & Lilienfeld, 2015) The study looked at the statistical relationships between maternal antisocial traits, maternal psychopathic traits, and child psychopathic traits while using parenting practices as a mediation among the sample of male participants. (Robinson, Azores-Gococo, Brennan, & Lilienfeld, 2015). …show more content…
Interestingly, a study that examined whether men and women who scored elevated levels of primary or secondary psychopathy traits, varied depending on how unemotional and how controlling their mother and fathers were when they were a child (Blanchard, & Lyons, 2016). Blanchard & Lyons (2016) found that men were linked to unemotional and controlling mothers along with avoidant attachment when examining primary psychopathic traits. The influence of a mother figure can be even greater than the father figure. Research done by Makri-Botsari (2003), concluded that maternal self-esteem is directly correlated with child’s self-esteem which also affects a child’s level of depression. Another study conducted by Murray and Murray (2010), in which they compared the effects that maternal incarceration compared to paternal incarceration has on a child, claimed that maternal incarceration puts children at a greater risk for insecure attachment and psychopathology. Another study ran by Loney, Huntenburg, Counts-Allen and Schmeelk (2007), looked into the intergenerational continuity of maternal characteristics of psychopathy and a child’s callous and unemotional traits. They hypothesized that there was a significant relation between a child’s callous and unemotional traits and maternal psychopathic traits (Loney, Huntenburg, Counts-Allen, & Schmeelk, 2007).
According to Kahn (2012), manipulation and lying are usually prominent tendencies with children who are callous and unemotional. Although all children at a young age can be dishonest and manipulative, they still feel guilt when caught or when called out for their bad behavior (Kahn, 2012). However, children with callous and unemotional traits tend to not feel guilty about any lie they tell or manipulation they do (Kahn, 2012). For many years, research has studied the psychopathic traits that people possess as adults. The research for children with psychopathic traits is very limited and is still debatable as to where the cause stems from. A study conducted by Robinson, Azores-Gococo, Brennan, and Lilienfeld (2015) studied maternal personality traits towards parenting practices and child’s personality traits. The study used a sample of 75 all male participants between 7 and 11 years of age. (Robinson, Azores-Gococo, Brennan, & Lilienfeld, 2015) The study looked at the statistical relationships between maternal antisocial traits, maternal psychopathic traits, and child psychopathic traits while using parenting practices as a mediation among the sample of male participants. (Robinson, Azores-Gococo, Brennan, & Lilienfeld, 2015). …show more content…
Interestingly, a study that examined whether men and women who scored elevated levels of primary or secondary psychopathy traits, varied depending on how unemotional and how controlling their mother and fathers were when they were a child (Blanchard, & Lyons, 2016). Blanchard & Lyons (2016) found that men were linked to unemotional and controlling mothers along with avoidant attachment when examining primary psychopathic traits. The influence of a mother figure can be even greater than the father figure. Research done by Makri-Botsari (2003), concluded that maternal self-esteem is directly correlated with child’s self-esteem which also affects a child’s level of depression. Another study conducted by Murray and Murray (2010), in which they compared the effects that maternal incarceration compared to paternal incarceration has on a child, claimed that maternal incarceration puts children at a greater risk for insecure attachment and psychopathology. Another study ran by Loney, Huntenburg, Counts-Allen and Schmeelk (2007), looked into the intergenerational continuity of maternal characteristics of psychopathy and a child’s callous and unemotional traits. They hypothesized that there was a significant relation between a child’s callous and unemotional traits and maternal psychopathic traits (Loney, Huntenburg, Counts-Allen, & Schmeelk, 2007).