Angielski
Psychopathic personality is associated with a myriad §of social and behavioral problems, including §violence, criminal activity, and overall failure to §conform to social standards. In this study, §psychopathic and antisocial personality traits are §measured among a sample of college students via self-§report surveys using questions derived from Hare s §Psychopathic Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; 1991). §Reliability and factor analyses were used to §validate the inventory and create factor-based §indices that were used to predict antisocial §behavioral outcomes including violence, seeking §revenge on persecutors, and suicidal ideation, in §addition to other analogous and deviant behaviors. §Findings showed a relationship between personality §and behavior, indicating that characteristics of §one s personality may aid in the prediction and §prevention of deviant behaviors. Implications for §public policy, including the identification of §traits that may be related to the propensity for §such behaviors, are reviewed in the context of §school shootings such as the incident at Columbine §High School.
