Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D. in Psychology
First Advisor
Alan M. Gross
Second Advisor
John P. Bentley
Third Advisor
John Young
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
Psychopathy has been associated with social aggression in a number of studies. Perspective taking (e.g. theory of mind and empathy) has been inversely associated with both psychopathy and social aggression, suggesting that it may serve as a potential mediator of this relationship. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess perspective taking as a potential partial mediator of the relationship between psychopathy and social aggression in a sample of 439 undergraduates. Although bivariate correlations produced the expected negative relationships between perspective taking and psychopathy and social aggression, perspective taking did not function as a mediator in the SEM analysis. Implications for future research and conceptualizations of psychopathic mechanisms of dysfunction are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Berkout, Olga Vadymovna, "Identifying Dysfunction in Persistent Social Deviance: Perspective Taking as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Psychopathy and Social Aggression" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 50.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/50