RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOPATHY AND PERSONALITY TYPES AMONG PAKISTANI INDIVIDUALS

Authors

  • Dr. Sher Dil Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan
  • Dr. Syeda Farhana Kazmi Professor, Department of Psychology, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan
  • Warda Sadiq Visiting Lecturer, PhD Scholar, Department of Psychology, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan

Abstract

The assessment of Psychopathic personality and its impact has been widely studied forensic concept. Psychopathy has been studied with other concepts such as crimes, aggression, violence, personality. Current study aimed to assess the relationship between psychopathy and personality traits. It also aimed to assess these variables with reference to demographic characteristics (age, gender). Two instruments were used Urdu Psychopathy Scale (Dil & Kazmi, 2016), NEO-FFI Urdu (Khan et al., 2013). A sample of 954 individuals were approached. Results revealed that psychopathy is positively related to neuroticism and extroversion and negatively related to agreeableness and conscientiousness. Age is negatively related to psychopathy. Significant gender differences exist with respect to psychopathy, neuroticism, agreeableness, extroversion and conscientiousness.

Keywords: Psychopathy, Personality, Pakistani, Age, Neutricism, Extroversion, conscientiousness

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Published

2024-12-31

How to Cite

Dr. Sher Dil, Dr. Syeda Farhana Kazmi, & Warda Sadiq. (2024). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOPATHY AND PERSONALITY TYPES AMONG PAKISTANI INDIVIDUALS. `, 2(4), 1376–1384. Retrieved from https://assajournal.com/index.php/36/article/view/346

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2024): Advance Social Science Archive Journal

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