Elucidating the Construct Validity of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory Triarchic Scales

Sellbom, Martin; Wygant, Dustin B.; Drislane, Laura E.

doi:10.1080/00223891.2014.962654

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“…For example, the YPI contains a preponderance of items worded in the direction of deviancy, and thus provides for less distinctive representation of boldness than the TriPM or PPI. In particular, the Boldness scale of the YPI shows a moderate positive association with its Disinhibition scale, contrary to the idea of these constructs as independent from one another (Fowles & Dindo, 2009;Patrick et al, 2009), and in contrast with their representations in the TriPM and other operationalizations (e.g., Hall et al, 2014;Sellbom et al, 2015). Because it does not index boldness as characterized in the triarchic framework, the YPI Boldness scale is not expected to operate as an effective indicator of latent boldness in a structural model of the triarchic constructs.…”

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“…Another benefit is that it provides a basis for establishing a latent variable operationalization of the triarchic model that can serve as a referent for ongoing research. More concretely, support for clear expected patterns of convergent and discriminant relations among TriPM, PPI-Tri, and YPI-Tri scale operationalizations of boldness, meanness, and disinhibition Hall et al, 2014;Sellbom, Wygant, & Drislane, 2015) sets the stage for a latent variable modeling analysis of the triarchic constructs utilizing counterpart scales from these inventories as indicators.…”

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Integrating Alternative Conceptions of Psychopathic Personality: A Latent Variable Model of Triarchic Psychopathy Constructs

Drislane¹,

Patrick²

2017

Journal of Personality Disorders

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This study undertook confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) of data from 567 participants to quantify constructs specified by the triarchic model of psychopathy (Patrick, Fowles, & Krueger, 2009)-boldness, meanness, and disinhibition-as latent variables. Indicators for the CFAs consisted of subscales of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure along with triarchic scales derived from items of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory, Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory, and Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. A modified three-factor model provided good fit to the data and outperformed alternative two- and one-factor models. Multiple-group CFAs demonstrated gender differences (male > female) in factor means and covariances, but not in factor loadings or intercepts. These findings support the idea that the triarchic model dimensions are embedded in differing models and measures of psychopathy and comprise essential building blocks for this clinical condition. Implications for understanding the structure of psychopathy, gender differences in psychopathic traits, and applications of latent variable modeling in future research are discussed.

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Integrating Alternative Conceptions of Psychopathic Personality: A Latent Variable Model of Triarchic Psychopathy Constructs

Drislane¹,

Patrick²

2017

Journal of Personality Disorders

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“…We also drew on a limited number of items from the PPI that have been identified as assessing the dimensions of the triarchic model of psychopathy (Hall et al, 2014; Sellbom et al, in press). In our sample, the three factors of the PPI-Tri had adequate internal consistency (PPI-Boldness, consisting of 26 items, M = 71.44, SD = 11.62, α = 0.82; PPI-Disinhibition, 20 items, M = 45.58, SD = 7.94, α = 0.74; PPI-Meanness, 20 items, M = 40.43, SD = 8.41, α= 0.80).…”

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Are fearless dominance traits superfluous in operationalizing psychopathy? Incremental validity and sex differences.

Murphy¹,

Lilienfeld²,

Skeem³

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Psychological Assessment

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Researchers are vigorously debating whether psychopathic personality includes seemingly adaptive traits, especially social and physical boldness. In a large sample (N=1565) of adult offenders, we examined the incremental validity of two operationalizations of boldness (Fearless Dominance traits in the Psychopathy Personality Inventory, Lilienfeld & Andrews, 1996; Boldness traits in the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy, Patrick et al, 2009), above and beyond other characteristics of psychopathy, in statistically predicting scores on four psychopathy-related measures, including the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R). The incremental validity added by boldness traits in predicting the PCL-R’s representation of psychopathy was especially pronounced for interpersonal traits (e.g., superficial charm, deceitfulness). Our analyses, however, revealed unexpected sex differences in the relevance of these traits to psychopathy, with boldness traits exhibiting reduced importance for psychopathy in women. We discuss the implications of these findings for measurement models of psychopathy.

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“…They also highlight that PPI-SF fearless dominance has significant beta weights with boldness, but again it is unrelated to meanness and disinhibition. Selbom, Wygant and Drislane (2015) later found strong discriminant validity with triarchic model measure counterparts, namely the PPI and the PPI-Revised, when applied to non-clinical and male prisoner samples.…”

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The Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM): Alternative to the PCL-R?

Evans

Tully

2016

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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Psychopathic personality disorder is the subject of many research papers and in particular in the context of forensic settings, where its link to risk of future violent has been established. This topic is well examined but there is still considerable debate bout the nature of the construct and how psychopathy is measured. Contemporary models such as the triarchic theory (Patricks, Fowles and Krueger (2009)

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Elucidating the Construct Validity of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory Triarchic Scales

Cited by 43 publications

References 48 publications

Integrating Alternative Conceptions of Psychopathic Personality: A Latent Variable Model of Triarchic Psychopathy Constructs

Integrating Alternative Conceptions of Psychopathic Personality: A Latent Variable Model of Triarchic Psychopathy Constructs

Are fearless dominance traits superfluous in operationalizing psychopathy? Incremental validity and sex differences.

The Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM): Alternative to the PCL-R?

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