Correlation of psychopathic personality with family violence

Psihopatija predstavlja trajni poremećaj i disfunkcionalnost osobnosti pojedinca čije ponašanje u određenoj mjeri odstupa od prosječnog ponašanja. Za osobu koja pokazuje znakove psihopatije može se reći kako posjeduje psihopatsku osobnost, odnosno psihopatsku ličnost. Danas se ovaj termin sve više preklapa s pojmom antisocijalnog poremećaja ličnosti s kojim je povezan, ali kojemu nije istovjetan. Distinkcija i etiologija ovih dvaju pojmova jasno je prikazana kroz rad. Karakteristike psihopatske ličnosti kao i uzroci nastanka iste vrlo su dobro istraženi i analizirani kroz brojne znanstvene radove, no utjecaj raznih okolnosti i vanjskih faktora na razvoj psihopatije te njihova međusobna povezanost znatno su manje zastupljene teme u znanstveno-istraživačkom radu. Jedan takav, izrazito značajan faktor jest nasilje. Nasilje, a posebice ono unutar obiteljskog doma predstavlja potencijalan uzrok, ali i posljedice razvitka psihopatske ličnosti kod pojedinca. Kauzalnost obiteljskog nasilja i psihopatije, ali i drugih antisocijalnih poremećaja često je zanemarena tema, no upravo nam taj ''začarani krug'' koji čini okosnicu ovog rada, daje ključni doprinos boljem razumijevanju fenomena pshiopatske ličnosti te pruža širi pogled na problem obiteljskog nasilja.Psychopathy stands for a permanent disorder and dysfunctionality of one's personality whose behaviour deviates from the normal behaviour in some ways. For someone who shows symptoms of psychopathy, we can say that he or she has a psychopathic personality. Today, this term is more and more overlapping with the term of antisocial personality disorder with which it is connected but is not the same concept. Distinction and ethology of these two constructs has been shown throughout the paper. The characteristics of psychopathic personality and its causes of occurrence have been really good researched through numerous scientific papers. On the other hand, the influence of external factors on psychopathy and their relation is less researched in scientific work. One such extremely important factor is violence, especially the one which is occurring inside family home. It was found that it can be a potential cause for development of psychopathic personality. Causality of family violence and psychopathy, but also of other antisocial disorders is often an ignored topic, but just that “vicious circle”, which makes framework of this paper, is offering crucial contribution for better understanding of psychopathic personality phenomenon, while also expanding perspective of family violence problem