A CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS BETWEEN ASPD AND OTHER FACTORS

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ABSTRACT Ley, Norman. A Correlational Analysis between ASPD and other factors.. Master of Arts in Psychology, December, 2019, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas. The purpose of this study was to examine correlations between ASPD and other factors. Specifically, the researcher conducted correlational analyses between undergraduate GPA and ASPD, Gender and ASPD, Five Factor model agreeableness and ASPD & Five Factor model agreeableness and ASPD social aggression. The participants of this study consisted of, n = 114 undergraduate students currently enrolled at Houston Baptist University. Unfortunately, after correlational analyses were conducted, all 4 hypotheses were rejected. However, the researcher did confirm 2 pertinent significant relationships. First, the researcher found that women were more socially aggressive than men. In addition, the research confirmed that women tend to score higher on social aggression than aggression associated with the entire construct of ASPD. . KEY WORDS: ASPD, Five Factor model, Agreeableness