Fire-Setting From the Viewpoint of an Arsonist

Räsänen, Pirkko; Puumalainen, Tanja; Janhonen, Sirpa; Väisänen, Erkki

doi:10.3928/0279-3695-19960301-14

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“…Jones and Paulhus ( 2014 ), for example, identified impulsivity and callousness as central attributes operationalized in their Short Dark Triad measure (SD3). High levels of impulsivity have often been observed in fire setters (Räsänen et al, 1996 ; Gannon and Pina, 2010 ; Labree et al, 2010 ; Hoerold and Tranah, 2014 ) and are also part of the fire interest trajectory of the M-TAFF (see above). The evidence for callousness is less pronounced.…”

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Bringing Light Into the Dark: Associations of Fire Interest and Fire Setting With the Dark Tetrad

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Fire setting is a significant problem for society, costing many human lives and causing great property damage. One important risk factor of fire setting observed in forensic samples is fire interest. However, less is known about the relationship of fire interest and fire setting to other variables such as personality traits in subclinical samples. In this study, we observed the relationship of potentially important personality traits with fire interest and fire setting in a sample of N = 222 students. In addition to zero-order correlations, we calculated path models and a logistic regression including all predictor variables. From the Dark Tetrad, consisting of psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, and three facets of sadism, psychopathy, and physical sadism were found to be associated with fire interest and fire setting. Furthermore, vicarious sadism was associated with fire interest. The other Dark Tetrad traits and four sensation seeking facets did not substantially add to the predictions. This confirms the results of previous studies with clinical and forensic samples with psychopathy and sadism as relevant predictors for fire interest and fire setting. Our results also provide evidence for viewing sadism as the multidimensional construct discriminating between vicarious and other forms of sadism, for the distinction of psychopathy and Machiavellianism, and for the Dark Tetrad being linked to object related violence.

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Bringing Light Into the Dark: Associations of Fire Interest and Fire Setting With the Dark Tetrad

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“…Jones and Paulhus (2014), for example, identified impulsivity and callousness as central attributes operationalized in their Short Dark Triad measure (SD3). High levels of impulsivity have often been observed in fire setters (Räsänen et al, 1996;Gannon and Pina, 2010;Labree et al, 2010;Hoerold and Tranah, 2014) and are also part of the fire interest trajectory of the M-TAFF (see above). The evidence for callousness is less pronounced.…”

Section: Psychopathymentioning

confidence: 99%