Modelling the Causal Relationship between Extremism of Response, Psychopathy and Intellectual Deviation among Secondary School Students
Dr. Hani Sulaiman Al-Khalidi

Abstract
This research aims to test the validity of the theoretical relationship between the variables of extremism of response, psychopathy and intellectual deviation as illustrated by the proposed model. In light of what the collected data indicate, this study attempts to propose a model that specifies the effects of a number of variables on intellectual deviation. Furthermore, the study aims to identify whether there is an indirect effect of extremism of response on intellectual deviation. The sample of the study consisted of (514) high school students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The researcher employed scales of extremism of response, psychopathy and intellectual deviation. The researcher adopted the track analysis method to identify the interaction between the variables employed in this research through a causal model. The most significant results were a direct effect of extremism of response on intellectual deviation, whilepsychopathy was not suggested as a moderating variable between extremism of response and intellectual deviation. The best model among the two proposed models was the one that was omitted from the three scales of weak items.

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