Gender, Somatization, and Psychopathic Traits in a College Sample

摘要: The structure of psychopathic traits and their association with somatization symptoms were investigated in a sample 199 undergraduate college students enrolled introductory psychology classes. Using multiple measures traits, an iterated principal axis (IPA) analysis revealed two dimensions psychopathy that similar to ones typically found forensic samples. One dimension focused on cold, callous, unemotional interpersonal style the second impulsive antisocial lifestyle. These emerged for both men women, although correlation between was somewhat higher than women. Also, callous negatively correlated symptoms, positively associated symptoms. This pattern associations women it suggests may be one aspect high rate negative affectivity experienced by individuals.