Why psychopathy is more common than you think, with Abigail Marsh, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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Is Psychopathy More Common in Men Than Women?
Do we know whether psychopathy is more prevalent among men or women, or does it just manifest differently depending on your sex? This is a wonderful question. It's one that i think a reasonable people could disagree on. The scales that are most commonly used for assessing psychopathy were developed in an all male adult population of prisoners in british columbia. And so they donot quite as accurately capture the ways that psychopathy manifests in women,. which is much more likely to relate to social aggression.
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