Complex Relations Between Psychopathy and Fitness May Indicate Adaptive Trade-Offs
Abstract
In order to assess the potential of psychopathy to increase evolutionary fitness, we examined the relations between psychopathy and fitness indicators (number of children and grandchildren, problems in physical health both in parents and offspring) in a sample of post-reproductive individuals (N = 187; Mage = 66.52). Specifically, we explored the possibility that psychopathy traits are involved in evolutionary trade-offs: both positive and...
Paper Details
Title
Complex Relations Between Psychopathy and Fitness May Indicate Adaptive Trade-Offs
Published Date
Dec 6, 2018
Volume
5
Issue
3
Pages
257 - 266
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