Risk anything! Secondary, rather than primary psychopathy, is associated with diverse risk-taking in evolutionarily relevant domains.

Lyons, Minna (2015) Risk anything! Secondary, rather than primary psychopathy, is associated with diverse risk-taking in evolutionarily relevant domains. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 9 (3). pp. 197-203.

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Abstract

Although there has been much interest in psychopathy and risk-taking, not many studies have looked at primary and secondary psychopathy in evolutionarily relevant domains. In the present questionnaire study, relationships between sex, domain-specific risk-taking, and primary and secondary psychopathy were investigated in an online sample of 373 (75 male) participants. Secondary psychopathy related to more diverse risk-taking than primary psychopathy, supporting the competitive disadvantage-theory of psychopathy (Mealey, 1995). In men, primary psychopathy had an association with between-groups risk, and in women, secondary psychopathy correlated with withingroup risk. The results are discussed with regard to sex differences in psychopathy and risk from evolutionary perspective.

Item Type:	Article
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2015 10:03
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2022 01:15
DOI:	10.1037/ebs0000039
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2010319