Reduced empathy, often seen in psychopathy, increases the prevalence of goal-directed aggression.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832681/ Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression], ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'', v.373(1744); 2018 Apr 19</ref> Psychopaths have a greater risk of suffering from irritability/reactive aggression.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832681/ Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression], ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'', v.373(1744); 2018 Apr 19</ref> Both decreased empathy and increased anger are associated with maladaptive aggression.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832681/ Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression], ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'', v.373(1744); 2018 Apr 19</ref>]] | Reduced empathy, often seen in psychopathy, increases the prevalence of goal-directed aggression.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832681/ Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression], ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'', v.373(1744); 2018 Apr 19</ref> Psychopaths have a greater risk of suffering from irritability/reactive aggression.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832681/ Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression], ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'', v.373(1744); 2018 Apr 19</ref> Both decreased empathy and increased anger are associated with maladaptive aggression.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832681/ Traits of empathy and anger: implications for psychopathy and other disorders associated with aggression], ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'', v.373(1744); 2018 Apr 19</ref>]] |