The Relationship Between And Ace And Psychopathy - 1728 Words

In 1999, L.A. Marshall and D.J. Cooke, studied the relationship between and ACE and psychopathy. Fifty participants were diagnosed as psychopaths and fifty five were non-psychopaths. It was concluded that negative experiences in childhood greatly increased the likelihood of the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder (Marshall et al. 1999). BPD and the link it has to early experiences in childhood (living environment, parental relationships and traumatic experiences) was explored by M. Steele, J. Bate, A. Nikitiades, and B. Buhl-Nielsen in 2015. Attachment theory is also discussed in this article as a way of explaining the symptoms of borderline personality disorder. Steele et al.(2015) discussed how during adolescent years the†¦show more content†¦(2015). They found trauma informed care can reduce adverse childhood experiences for the children of the mothers who had experienced ACE in their childhood (Murphy et al. 2015). P.S. Nurius, S. Green, P. Logan-Greene, and S. Borja 2015, explored how early childhood adversities carries a unique capacity to impair adult psychological well being with and without other stressors. Nurius et al. (2015) concluded that ACE increases the risk of developing a personality disorder, behavior disorder, depression, anxiety, aggression and suicidal behavior. The hypothesis being investigated is â€Å"Participants that score high on the ACE assessment will also score high on the Dark Triad Assessment†, indicating that there is a positive correlation between ACE and personality disordered traits in adults, specifically Machiavellianism. Information will be gathered through previous research that has been conducted on this topic and topics that are similar. Additional information will be gathered through this research study. Participants will complete two surveys that are designed to gather relevant information. Method The first step in this study was to determine what variable to study with adverse childhood experiences. After reviewing literature the researcher decided to see if there is a correlation between ACE and Machiavellianism. The researcher then identified assessments to determine if the participant experienced ACE or exhibited Machiavellianism, narcissism or psychopathy