Many have examined the desirability and mate competition tactics of adults higher on psychopathy using cross-sectional data, but few have studied the longitudinal associations between the lower-order factors of psychopathy (e.g., primary and secondary psychopathy) with indices of mating behavior in adolescents. More work is also needed to unravel how psychopathic youth outcompete rivals for mates. Delinquency has long been associated with dating and sexual behavior in adolescents, which may help to explain the competitive success of youth higher in psychopathic traits in vying for mates. We used cross-lagged panel modeling with three waves of data from a randomly drawn sample of 514 Canadian adolescents who provided annual self-reports of primary and secondary psychopathy, delinquency, and dating involvement from Grades 10 to 12 (15-18 years of age). Constructs were temporally stable. Secondary psychopathy and delinquency had positive within-time correlations with current dating status in Grade 10. A cross-lagged pathway from delinquency to dating involvement was supported from Grade 10 to 11, which replicated from Grade 11 to 12. However, this effect was specific to boys and not girls. An indirect effect also emerged whereby secondary psychopathy in Grade 10 increased the likelihood of being in a dating relationship in Grade 12 via heightened delinquency in Grade 11.

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青春期主要和次要精神病特征、犯罪和当前约会状态之间的纵向关联。

许多人使用横截面数据研究了精神变态程度较高的成年人的吸引力和择偶竞争策略，但很少有人研究精神变态的低阶因素（例如，原发性和继发性精神病）与青少年交配行为指数之间的纵向关联。还需要做更多的工作来弄清楚精神变态的年轻人如何在竞争中击败竞争对手。长期以来，犯罪行为一直与青少年的约会和性行为有关，这可能有助于解释具有较高心理变态特征的青少年在争夺配偶方面的竞争成功。我们使用交叉滞后面板模型，从随机抽取的 514 名加拿大青少年样本中获得三波数据，这些青少年每年提供 10 至 12 年级（15-18 岁）原发性和继发性精神病、犯罪和约会参与情况的自我报告）。结构在时间上是稳定的。继发性精神病和犯罪行为与 10 年级目前的约会状态呈正相关。10 至 11 年级支持从犯罪到约会参与的交叉滞后路径，该路径在 11 至 12 年级重复。然而，这种效应是特定的给男孩而不是女孩。还出现了一种间接影响，即 10 年级的继发性精神病通过 11 年级的犯罪率增加，增加了 12 年级恋爱关系的可能性。