This research study evaluated the effects of early childhood environment and the influence parenting style has on the life outcomes among university students who varied in psychopathic traits; demonstrating evidence to show students who scored highly in measures of psychopathy used antisocial success seeking strategies to attain common life goals. This study examined the prospect of parenting styles and childhood environment as possible influences on important differences between psychopaths who become involved in the American legal system and those who do not. These differences were identified by asking participants to describe how often they engage in success seeking behaviors by using either prosocial or antisocial methods. Results were based on a hierarchical regression analysis and illustrated psychopathy as a significant predictor for utilizing antisocial success seeking strategic behavior. Such strategies include lying on job applications, accepting credit for the work of others, or winning a competition by cheating. In contrast, our Model determined that parental influence based on measures of paternal and maternal warmth, financial support, and physical and emotional abuse, did not significantly predict either prosocial success seeking strategies or antisocial success seeking strategies. Possible trends relating to childhood environment were identified but were undoubtedly restricted due to the evidently small sample size in this study. Conclusions into this investigation affirm the necessity for additional research into this view of psychopathy and how some psychopaths may be able to utilize their unique traits to their advantage.

High-potency cannabis concentrates, such as Butane Hash Oil (BHO), are becoming increasingly popular in the United States. It is important to identify risk factors that might distinguish BHO and marijuana (buds and flower of the cannabis plant) use of cannabis because there are consequences associated with BHO use that may not associated with marijuana use, due to the higher THC content of BHO as compared to marijuana. The goal of this study was to gain a better understanding of how two risk factors, sensation seeking and delay discounting, relate to young adult BHO use in order to guide the development of targeted prevention and intervention strategies. A sample of 1,086 college students were recruited to complete a survey about their health and behavior for course credit or extra credit. Participants who had used cannabis in the past year (33%, n=363) completed questions about their cannabis use, including their use of BHO and cannabis-related risk factors, as well as measures of sensation seeking and delay discounting. Of the past-year cannabis users with useable data (n=339), 45% (n=152) had used BHO in the past year. Sensation seeking was found to be associated with past-year BHO use after controlling for demographics, age of first cannabis use, and other substance use including binge drinking and illicit drug use other than cannabis (OR=1.55, p=0.040), however delay discounting was not (OR=0.92, p=0.334). There was no evidence of an interaction between sensation seeking and delay discounting. Longitudinal research is necessary to determine if cannabis users with high sensation seeking tend to seek out BHO and/or if BHO use increases risk for sensation seeking.