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摘要
objective: this present work does a brief developmental route about one of the most evidence contemporary construct: the antisocial personality disorder (apd). specifically, this guide is realized in accordance to categorical system raised by american psychiatry association (apa), the diagnosis statistical of mental disorders (dsm). method: this article uses a literature revision about the evolution and assessment of the construct associate to empirical studies counseled in main books and journals worldwide recognized in the area as: personality and individual differences, psychological medicine, annual review of clinical psychology, psychological bulletin, journal of abnormal psychology, journal of personality assessment, international journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, aggression and violent behavior, handbook of psychopathy, among others. result: it observes that diagnosis of apd is based in categorical criteria not dimensionally. it means that system doesn't predict to prior the traits variability (intensity) of that disorder because the dsm it was development to recognize symptoms and syndromes. conclusion: despite the apd has gone for different revisions and still presents taxonomic deficient it remains widely used in clinical diagnoses and prognoses related to social deviant behavior.
- 出版日期2009
