Acoso y rasgos psicopáticos en adultos

Acoso y rasgos psicopáticos en adultos

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Guilherme W. Wendt
Marli Appel-Silva
Alice P. Jones-Bartoli

Resumen

Hay una buena cantidad de investigación sobre los predictores del comportamiento agresivo y antisocial en niños, adolescentes y adultos. Además, trabajos previos han establecido una asociación entre la personalidad psicopática y los comportamientos disruptivos entre los jóvenes, con asociaciones claras con el acoso escolar. Sin embargo, poco se sabe sobre el papel de los rasgos psicopáticos de la personalidad en la manifestación del acoso en adultos jóvenes. Con el fin de obtener una comprensión adicional sobre la naturaleza de la relación entre el acoso y la psicopatía, la investigación actual propone comparar los rasgos de la personalidad psicopática en relación con los papeles sociales de los participantes relativos al acoso. La muestra de este estudio se compone de 273 estudiantes universitarios (edad media=25.5; DT=6.1), que contestaran a medidas de psicopatía y conductas de acoso. Con la excepción del dominio Despreocupación/Falta de planificación, Ausencia de miedo, Inmunidad al estrés e Influencia Social, todos los demás dominios psicopáticos medidos por el PPI-R-40 se correlacionaron positivamente con la victimización (rdistancia=.07-.35). Un mayor auto relato de acosar a los demás se asoció con niveles más elevados de Externalización de la culpa, Maquiavelismo, Disconformidad/rebeldía, Impulsividad autocentrada, Influencia social y Psicopatía total (rdistancia=.08-.38). Diferencias significativas entre estar involucrado en el acoso en relación a la Externalización de la culpa, el Maquiavelismo, la Disconformidad/rebeldía, la Influencia social, la Psicopatía total y el Factor de impulsividad autocentrado fueron encontradas. Las implicaciones del estudio, junto con las limitaciones y las orientaciones para investigaciones futuras serán discutidas.

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