Psychopathy and Sexual Sensation Seeking: the Importance of the Etiology of Psychopathy

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Abstract

Although it is well known that people high in psychopathy tend to be more promiscuous, to have an unrestrained sociosexuality and a greater number of sexual partners, to engage in more risky sexual practices, and to use sexual coercion more frequently than non-psychopathic individuals, the relationship between the etiology of psychopathy and sexual behaviours remains unclear. In this study, we investigated sexual sensation seeking as related to the primary/secondary taxonomy of the condition.

Author

• Gaëtan Doré, University of Texas at Dallas