Sharkaz wrote:
Most studies seem to agree that they can't be linked, however I just found this pretty cool article :
"both the psychopath and the sexual sadist share a desire to control and dominate their objects, a chronic emotional detachment that dehumanizes their objects, an aggressive narcissism that makes them feel entitled to do what they want to their objects, and a mendacity that both delights them and facilitates the abduction of their victims. We have recently empirically found that psychopathy and sadism are significantly and positively correlated, with a sufficient magnitude (effect 'size) to warrant further study."
Here's the link to the full thing, be careful however, many distressing subjects are discussed in it : http://drreidmeloy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1997_ThePsychologyof.pdf