Childhood Environmental Unpredictability and Psychopathy:Mediating Roles of Insecure Attachment and Life History Strategy  

作　　者：Fengbo Guo Leru Zhong Xingru Huang Zewei Chen Xiaoyuan Sun 

机构地区：[1]School of Humanities and Management,Guangdong Medical University,Dongguan,523808,China [2]Research Center for Quality of Life and Applied Psychology,Guangdong Medical University,Dongguan,523808,China [3]Key Laboratory for Quality of Life and Psychological Assessment and Intervention,Guangdong Medical University,Dongguan,523808,China

出　　处：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》2025年第2期111-124,共14页国际心理健康促进杂志(英文)

基　　金：supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2020A1515110608);Department of Education of Guangdong Province-Guangdong Province General University Youth Innovative Talent Project(2019KQNCX039).

摘　　要：Background:Childhood environmental unpredictability(CEU)is crucial to personal development,profoundly influence physical and psychological growth particularly,and psychopathy is recognized as a dark personality trait.The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of insecure attachment and life history strategy(LHS)on the relationship between CEU and psychopathy by establishing a sequential mediation model based on evolutionary life history theory and cognitive-affective personality system.Methods:A group of 532 undergraduates completed the measurements for CEU,insecure attachment,LHS,and psychopathy,and Bootstrap mediation test through SPSS 25.0 and PROCESS macro tool was used to examine the relationship among these variables.Results:The results revealed positive relations between CEU and insecure attachment(β=0.87,p<0.001),CEU and LHS(β=0.11,p<0.001),and CEU and psychopathy(β=0.14,p<0.001).Insecure attachment was also positively associated with LHS(β=0.62,p<0.001)and psychopathy(β=0.04,p<0.001).In addition,LHS was significantly associated with psychopathy(β=0.08,p<0.001).The relationship between CEU and psychopathy is mediated independently and sequentially by insecure attachment and LHS.Conclusion:The current research shows the relationship between CEU and psychopathy,as well as the mechanism of insecure attachment and life history strategy as mediators.

关 键 词：Childhood environmental unpredictability PSYCHOPATHY insecure attachment life history strategy mediating effect 

分 类 号：B844.2[哲学宗教—发展与教育心理学] R395.6[哲学宗教—心理学] C913.5[医药卫生—医学心理学]