APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Positive Correlations Found for the Impulsive Self-Defeating Lifestyle Factor of Psychopathic Traits and Maladaptive Daydreaming in College and Offender Samples
- Meredith Pollock
Southwestern University - Rachel Allen
Southwestern University - Bryan Neighbors
Southwestern University
Abstract
The psychopathic personality dimension that underlies its self-defeating nature (boredom, goal persistence, aggression, impulse/anger control) was found to correlate positively with maladaptive daydreaming (fantasizing that replaces human interaction or interferes with functioning) in college and offender samples. This may reflect a cognitive extension of the undercontrolled personality in psychopathy.
Psychopathology