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Old Mar 02, 2012, 04:54 AM
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Is someone with ASPD more likely to physically harm someone than someone who doesn´t have it.
There is research on this topic, although it's riddled with flaws, some of which become almost unavoidable in a practical sense. For example, those who have ASPD often had conduct disorder. One of the criteria for conduct disorder is harm to others more so than non-conduct disorder children. Ideally, researchers would have to choose ASPDs who did not satisfy any violent-related criteria, although that's difficult. Researchers often take prison or jail samples because there tends to be a high density of ASPD people, which can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy as the person may have committed a violent crime or the living conditions have made them more aggressive. In theory though, ASPDs would show greater anger, although that need to equal physical harm.

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Also, if someone has ASPD does that mean they are sociopathic or psychopathic?
Most psychopaths have ASPD but not many with ASPD are psychopaths. Sociopathy is a general term that's not clearly defined and is neither a medical nor legal term (psychopathy is a legal term).
Thanks for this!
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