Differentiating patterns of substance misuse by subtypes of antisocial traits in male offenders

Brennan, Grace; Stuppy-Sullivan, Allison M.; Brazil, Inti A.; Baskin‐Sommers, Arielle

doi:10.1080/14789949.2017.1280072

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“…Psychopathy can be conceptualized as a constellation of traits including callousness, interpersonal manipulation, egocentrism, and disinhibition (Cooke & Michie, 2001). These traits have shown consistent associations with a variety of negative outcomes such as proactive and reactive aggression, substance use behaviors, and institutionalization (Brennan, Stuppy-Sullivan, Brazil, & Baskin-Sommers, 2017; Hecht, Berg, Lilienfeld, & Latzman, 2016; Hemphill, Hare, & Wong, 1998).…”

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Heterogeneity of adaptive features among psychopathy variants.

Bronchain¹,

Raynal²,

Chabrol³

2020

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

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Psychopathic personality traits can be conceptualized as a complex network of adaptive and maladaptive traits. Although general positive adjustment has been related to primary psychopathy and to increased emotional stability, no study focused on the distribution of specific adaptive traits through psychopathy variants. Participants were 2291 French college students who completed self-report questionnaires. A cluster analysis, based on a four-factor model of psychopathy (antagonism, narcissism, disinhibition, and emotional stability), was performed on a subsample with increased psychopathic traits (n = 378) and yielded three distinct groups: A Primary Psychopathy cluster (PP), a Secondary Psychopathy cluster (SP), and an Emotionally Stable-Low Antagonism cluster (ESLA). The PP cluster displayed the highest scores of leadership, logical thinking, focus, management and money smart, while the ESLA cluster had the highest scores of Composure and Extraversion. Conversely, the SP cluster exhibited reduced adaptive psychopathic traits. These results suggest that adaptive psychopathic traits are inconsistently distributed between psychopathy subtypes. Interaction effects between main factors of psychopathy are discussed.

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Heterogeneity of adaptive features among psychopathy variants.

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Chabrol³

2020

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

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“…Individuals with elevated psychopathic traits tend to display heightened patterns of alcohol and drug use, along with earlier onset of use, compared to those with lower trait levels (Corrado et al, 2004;Hemphill et al, 1994;Smith & Newman, 1990;Taylor & Lang, 2006;walsh et al, 2007). Studies in males have observed positive relationships between PCL-R Factor 2 (lifestyle-antisocial traits) and drug use (Brennan et al, 2017;Dargis et al, 2017;Hemphill et al, 1994;Mailloux et al, 1997;Smith & Newman, 1990;walsh et al, 2007). However, relationships between psychopathy and alcohol use in males have been somewhat mixed.…”

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Psychopathy, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Substance Use in Incarcerated Females

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Maurer

Harenski

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Psychopathy and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are commonly associated with an increased propensity toward substance use. However, few studies have accounted for shared variance between psychopathy and BPD when examining relationships with unique forms of substance use, particularly in justice-involved females. This study investigated psychopathic and BPD traits in relation to alcohol and drug use in a sample of 274 incarcerated adult females. Results revealed that psychopathic and BPD traits were differentially related to alcohol and drug use. Specifically, unique variance in BPD traits was related to alcohol use, whereas unique variance in lifestyle-antisocial psychopathic traits was related to drug use. Findings support unique relationships between psychopathic and BPD traits and problematic and prolonged alcohol and drug use in incarcerated adult females. Results may inform methods of tailoring specific substance use treatments for use in females with distinct personality profiles.

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“…However, psychopathic personality traits have been differentiated from global externalising behaviours. For example, the relationship between substance abuse and psychopathic personality traits versus externalising behaviours is best explained by distinguishing aspects of substance abuse: dependency severity is predicted by externalising behaviours but not psychopathic personality traits, whilst early onset of substance abuse is predicted by psychopathic personality traits but not externalising behaviours (Brennan et al, 2017).…”

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Exploring the differential contribution of boldness, meanness, and disinhibition to explain externalising and internalising behaviours across genders

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Psychopathic personality traits are positively associated with externalising behaviours, and negatively associated with internalising behaviours. However, the contribution of different facets of psychopathy (boldness, meanness, disinhibition) in explaining externalising and internalising behaviours across genders are inconsistent. In this study, we explored gender differences in the assessment of, and relationships between, psychopathic personality traits, trait anxiety, social anxiety, depression, mental health, and aggressive behaviour in 822 students from a German University (586 women, 236 men; M age = 22.27). Using a structural equation model, we found a positive relationship between aggressive behaviour and all three facets of psychopathy, a positive relationship between internalising behaviours and disinhibition, and a significant negative relationship between internalising behaviours and boldness. Despite gender differences in absolute levels of these variables, the overall pattern of the relationships between variables was consistent across genders. This indicates that symptom level differences across gender cannot be accounted for by variation in early developing personality traits like psychopathy.

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Differentiating patterns of substance misuse by subtypes of antisocial traits in male offenders

Cited by 15 publications

References 41 publications

Heterogeneity of adaptive features among psychopathy variants.

Heterogeneity of adaptive features among psychopathy variants.

Psychopathy, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Substance Use in Incarcerated Females

Exploring the differential contribution of boldness, meanness, and disinhibition to explain externalising and internalising behaviours across genders

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