Sadistic Personality Disorder

Sadistic personality disorder (SDP) is characterized by an individual’s pattern of cruel, harsh, aggressive, intimidating, humiliating, and demeaning behavior. The disorder has been the subject of several studies and originally appeared in the DSM-III-R (American Psychiatric Association 1987).

 

Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW192
Diagnosis: Sadistic Peronality Disorder
US Patients:
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M+;W
Age Onset:
Brain Area:
Symptoms: Pleasure at others enduring pain; show aggression and cruelty, using fear and a preoccupation with violence. Four identified types:
Progression: avoidant, negativistic, compulsive and borderline. Often linked with alcoholism.
Causes:
Medications:
Therapies:

Youtube Video:

Sadistic Personality Disorder and the Meaning of Cruelty

Amazon or Library Book: (Kindle and Audiobook Only)

Sadism and Sociopathy

Click the book to link or order from Amazon.

4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED

The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis 

Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.

  • Correlates of the Dark Tetrad
    by Adrian Furnham on March 19, 2024

    This study explored demographic, ideological, self-rating and personality traits correlates of the Dark Tetrad (DT4) which measures Narcissism (Special), Machiavellianism (Crafty), Psychopathy (Wild), and Sadism (Mean) traits. In total, 447 adults completed three tests: a bright-side, work-related, personality test (HPTI: High Performance Type Indicator), a dark-side test (Short Dark Tetrad) and a number of self-ratings. Correlations and regressions showed that all four dark traits were...

  • Social appearance anxiety among the dark tetrad and self-concealment
    by Wenjing Jin on February 26, 2024

    This study analyzed the effects of the Dark Tetrad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, sadism) and self-concealment on social appearance anxiety. Empirical investigations on which personality traits influence social appearance anxiety are yet missing. In this study, a sample of N = 1186 Chinese students performed a questionnaire-based survey assessing different personality facets and social appearance anxiety tendencies. Measures included the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, the...

  • The Dark Tetrad: analysis of profiles and relationship with the Big Five personality factors
    by Raquel Gómez-Leal on February 23, 2024

    The Dark Tetrad (DT) is composed of the traits of Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Sadism. Most studies analyzing the DT have employed a variable-centered approach, analyzing the traits separately. In the present study, we treat DT as a whole, adopting a person-centered approach. We analyzed different homogeneous subgroups of individuals characterized by specific DT profiles, aiming to examine their relationship with Big Five personality factors. A sample of 1149 participants...

  • Sadism and Personality Disorders
    by Jill Lobbestael on October 19, 2023

    PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Sadistic pleasure-the enjoyment of harm-infliction to others-can have devastating interpersonal and societal consequences. The goal of the current review is to illuminate the nomological net of traits related to sadism. We aim to achieve an understanding of the current empirical status on the link between sadism and personality disorders, psychopathy, the Dark Triad, and basic personality traits in clinical and community-based samples.