Are Psychopathic and Borderline Personality Disorder Distinct, or Differently Gendered Expressions of the Same Disorder? An Exploration Using Concept Maps

Carrying Disaster Lightly: Assessment of Resilience in Two Populations with Psychopathic Features

“…Some researchers have found that psychopathy-related symptoms and behaviours overall are quite different for women (Salekin et al, 1997), though others argue that females express the same psychopathology as a different personality disorder (Viljoen et al, 2015). As per results found by Demetrioff and colleagues (2017), I expected that males would score significantly higher than females on all four facets of the SRP-SF, as well as on total scores.…”

“…The lack of disparity in Factor 1 traits across genders for juveniles is an intriguing finding, considering past research positing that males have more restricted affective traits compared to females (Wong et al, 2006) and that psychopathy-related symptoms are generally distinct between genders (Salekin et al, 1997;Viljoen et al, 2015). It is possible that, given the average age of offenders during their baseline assessment with the PCL:YV (16 years old), the psychopathic traits of many individuals have not fully formed.…”

“…Due to contention regarding the applicability of the psychopathy construct to females, it is plausible to expect some notable contrasts in how strongly psychopathic traits are featured across gender. As indicated in the extant literature, the way in which women and men express these traits is appreciably different (Viljoen et al, 2015). The exact nature of the difference is unclear, perhaps because there is no well-validated measure of psychopathy designed specifically for women from the ground-up.…”

Examining the effects of rater characteristics and gender biases on ratings of psychopathic traits for women

“…In the current research project, the aim was to replicate and expand on prior research (Crosby & Sprock, 2004;Kreis & Cooke, 2011;Viljoen et al, 2015) using the CAPP to further establish how female psychopathy is conceptualized among laypersons and knowledgeable individuals. Differences in prototypicality ratings were assessed and compared with prior research to determine where females and males may differ on psychopathic traits.…”

“…In line with prior research (Kreis & Cooke, 2011;Viljoen et al, 2015), prototypicality ratings were assessed using means, standard deviations, and confidence intervals. Score distributions were explored with histograms and polar diagrams.…”