Testing Factor Models of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version and Their Association With Instrumental Aggression

Vitacco, Michael J.; Neumann, Craig S.; Caldwell, Michael F.; Leistico, Anne Marie; Rybroek, Gregory J. Van

doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa8701_06

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“…In adolescent offenders, the Interpersonal/ Affective factor, but not the Lifestyle/Antisocial factor, was found to be associated with increased likelihood of instrumental violence (Flight & Forth, 2007). Similarly, in incarcerated youth with psychopathic traits, the interpersonal facet was found to relate most strongly to instrumental violence (Vitacco, Newmann, Caldwell, Leistico, & Van Rybroek, 2006). In male undergraduates, Reidy et al (2007) found that instrumental aggression on a laboratory aggression task was uniquely related to the Interpersonal/Affective factor of psychopathy.…”

Section: Psychopathy and Instrumental Aggressionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Psychopathy and instrumental aggression: Evolutionary, neurobiological, and legal perspectives

Glenn

Raine

2009

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

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Section: Psychopathy and Instrumental Aggressionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Psychopathy and instrumental aggression: Evolutionary, neurobiological, and legal perspectives

Glenn

Raine

2009

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

147

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“…In regard to internal consistency, alpha coefficients range from .79 to .94 for total scores (Forth et al, 2003;Vitacco et al, 2010) and alphas for factor scores range from .50 to .82 (Andershed, Hodgins, & Tengstrom, 2007;Forth et al, 2003;Vitacco et al, 2010;Vitacco, Neumann, Caldwell, Leistico, & van Rybroek, 2006). Intraclass correlation coefficients range from .82 to .98 (Andershed et al, 2007;Cauffman et al, 2009;Das et al, 2009;Forth et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Intraclass correlation coefficients range from .82 to .98 (Andershed et al, 2007;Cauffman et al, 2009;Das et al, 2009;Forth et al, 2003). PCL:YV scores are also correlated with externalizing psychopathology, violence, antisocial behaviour, and recidivism (Kosson et al, 2002;Kubak & Salekin, 2009;Murrie et al, 2004;Salekin, 2008;Salekin et al, 2004;Schmidt et al, 2006;Vitacco et al, 2006;2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Remorse, psychopathology, and psychopathy among adolescent offenders.

Spice¹,

Viljoen²,

Douglas³

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Law and Human Behavior

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Remorse has long been important to the juvenile justice system. However, the nature of this construct has not yet been clearly articulated, and little research has examined its relationships with other theoretically and legally relevant variables. The present study was intended to address these issues by examining relationships among remorse, psychopathology, and psychopathy in a sample of adolescent offenders (N = 97) using the theoretically and empirically established framework of guilt and shame (Tangney & Dearing, 2002). Findings indicated that shame was positively related to behavioural features of psychopathy, whereas guilt was negatively related to psychopathic characteristics more broadly. In addition, shame was positively associated with numerous mental health problems whereas guilt was negatively associated with anger, depression, and anxiety. These results provide empirical support for theory that psychopathy is characterized by lack of remorse (e.g., Hare, 1991), and also underscore shame and guilt as potentially important treatment targets for adolescent offenders. Remorse 3Remorse, Psychopathology, and Psychopathy among Adolescent Offenders

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“…More specifically, extant findings suggest that only the interpersonal facet is positively associated with instrumental (or planned/goal-directed) aggression (e.g., Vitacco et al, 2006). However, because 'planning' is likely to be related to each of the other EF components (albeit moderately), the question whether the interpersonal facet is also significantly positively related with these other components remains unanswered.…”

Section: Psychopathy and Executive Functioningmentioning

confidence: 99%

No clear evidence for a positive association between the interpersonal-affective aspects of psychopathy and executive functioning

Maes

Brazil

2013

Psychiatry Research

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Common psychopathy rating instruments distinguish between an interpersonal-affective and an antisocial dimension. The suggestion that the interpersonal-affective dimension, often considered to be the core feature of psychopathy, is positively associated with executive functioning is occasionally made in the literature, without reporting objective empirical data. The primary aim of the present paper was to search for empirical studies reporting relevant data, focussing on four aspects of 'cold' executive functioning: inhibition, attentional shifting, working memory, and planning. Eleven published articles were identified, reporting data of 721 individuals from incarcerated and non-incarcerated, male and female, and adult and non-adult samples. Using a heterogeneous set of tests and dependent measures across studies, the inhibition and attentional shifting components were assessed in eight and five studies, respectively; the working memory and planning components each in two studies. A small majority of the studies found positive associations with the different executive functions, although the associations were mostly nonsignificant. Given the scarcity of studies and the use of heterogeneous populations, tests and statistical analyses, no robust conclusions can be drawn at this stage. Therefore, caution is needed when claiming a positive association between the interpersonal-affective features of psychopathy and executive functioning. Clearly more research is needed to further validate and specify the suggested association.

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Testing Factor Models of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version and Their Association With Instrumental Aggression

Cited by 121 publications

References 49 publications

Psychopathy and instrumental aggression: Evolutionary, neurobiological, and legal perspectives

Psychopathy and instrumental aggression: Evolutionary, neurobiological, and legal perspectives

Remorse, psychopathology, and psychopathy among adolescent offenders.

No clear evidence for a positive association between the interpersonal-affective aspects of psychopathy and executive functioning

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