Personality Type, Psychopathy and Violence among Political Workers

Abstract

The objective of the current research focuses on the personality type, psychopathy and violence among political workers. It also examines age and gender differences on personality type and psychopathy among 280 political workers (M=23.78, SD=4.92). Four scales such as Big-Five Personality Measurement Instrument-An Urdu Translation, Urdu Psychopathy Scale, Attitude towards Interpersonal Peer Violence Scale, and Attitude toward Guns and Violence Scale were used. Findings showed that psychopathy was significantly positively associated with interpersonal peer violence, agreeableness and consciousness; while significantly negatively associated with extraversion and neuroticism among political workers. Results also revealed that age had significant positive association with psychopathy and agreeableness; while significant negative association with extraversion and conscientiousness. Significant gender differences were observed on psychopathy, extraversion and conscientiousness; that female political workers had higher scores on these variables compared to male counterparts in the current sample. This study has contributed considerably in the field of psychology, criminology, forensics, and criminal justice system, by finding the association of personality type, psychopathy and violence; and their incidence in the people of various ages and also their differences in male and female.