Psychopathic Personality in Early Childhood: A Critical Comment on Lopez-Romero et al. (2021)
- PMID: 35647772
- DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2022.36.3.249
Psychopathic Personality in Early Childhood: A Critical Comment on Lopez-Romero et al. (2021)
Abstract
A recent article published in the Journal of Personality Disorders (López-Romero et al., 2021) described the identification of "putative psychopathic personality" in a school cohort of 3-6-year-old children from Spain. This comment offers cautionary considerations of the original article on scientific grounds and critical comments on policy grounds. We caution researchers, policymakers, attorneys, judges, and the general public about the dangers of using this label given present knowledge about the antecedents, early indicators, and stability of the adult disorder of psychopathic personality when assessed in childhood.
Keywords: children; comment; critique; policy; putative psychopathic personality; research.
Comment in
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Psychopathic Personality Configurations in Early Childhood: A Response to Dvoskin et al. (2022).J Pers Disord. 2022 Jun;36(3):254-263. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2022.36.3.254. J Pers Disord. 2022. PMID: 35647773
Comment on
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Studying Configurations of Psychopathic Traits: Exploring the Viability of Psychopathic Personality in Early Childhood.J Pers Disord. 2021 Nov;35(Supple C):97-118. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2021_35_538. Epub 2021 Aug 31. J Pers Disord. 2021. PMID: 34463532
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