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ABSTRACT
Secondary-like psychopathy in youth is often recognized in research as being the more problematic of the psychopathy variants. Little is known about the emergence of this variant in spite of early theory describing possible antecedents to the condition. The present research sought to evaluate these possible precursors among those resembling the secondary-like variant of psychopathy in a noninstitutionalized sample of youth. Findings from a probit path model examining data spanning several waves indicated that social context variables (poverty and maternal education), authoritarian parenting practices, and parent–child attachment were implicated in later downstream secondary-like psychopathy in mid-adolescence. Findings, implications and directions for future research are discussed.
Authors’ note
The Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD) was conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)’s Early Child Care Research Network, supported by NICHD through a cooperative agreement that calls for scientific collaboration between grantees and the NICHD staff. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NICHD or the National Institutes of Health (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD SECCYD: Phases I–IV, 1991–2008 [United States] [Computer files]. ICPSR21940-v1; ICPSR21941-v1; ICPSR21942-v1; ICPSR22361-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]).
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