EMOTION ATTRIBUTIONS IN THE PSYCHOPATH

被引:59
作者
BLAIR, RJR
SELLARS, C
STRICKLAND, I
CLARK, F
WILLIAMS, AO
SMITH, M
JONES, L
机构
[1] BROADMOOR HOSP, CROWTHORNE RG11 7EG, BERKS, ENGLAND
[2] ASHWORTH HOSP, LIVERPOOL L31 1HW, MERSEYSIDE, ENGLAND
[3] HMP, LONDON W12 0AE, ENGLAND
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10.1016/0191-8869(95)00080-P
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
This study investigates the ability of psychopaths and non-psychopathic, incarcerated controls to attribute emotions to others. Twenty-five psychopaths and 25 controls, identified using the Revised Psychopathy Checklist [PCL-R: Hare (The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, 1991)], were presented with short vignettes of happiness, sadness, embarrassment and guilt inducing contexts. They were asked to attribute emotions to the story protagonist. The psychopaths and controls did not differ in their emotion attributions to protagonists in the happiness, sadness and embarrassment stories. However, the psychopaths and controls did differ in their emotion attributions to the guilt stories. The dominant attribution of the controls to the story protagonist was, as expected, guilt. In contrast, the dominant attribution of the psychopaths to the story protagonist was happiness or indifference. The results are interpreted within the Violence Inhibition Mechanism model of the development of the psychopath (Blair, Cognition, in press).
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页码:431 / 437
页数:7
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