A factor analysis of traits related to individual differences in antisocial behavior

Male undergraduates and men from the local community completed questionnair es dealing with antisocial behavior, aggression, mating effort, and self-es teem. An exploratory maximum likelihood factor analysis revealed three fact ors, labeled Aggressiveness, Mating Success, and Antisociality. No clear ma ting effort factor emerged. Number of sexual partners and Preference for Pa rtner Variety loaded on Mating Success, but age at first intercourse loaded on Antisociality. The only significant correlation among the factors was b etween Aggressiveness and Antisociality. Variables from each of the 3 facto rs discriminated between individuals scoring at the extreme ends of the Chi ldhood and Adolescence Taxon Scale-Self Report, a measure containing items previously shown to identify a discrete class of antisocial offenders.