Introduction and validation of Psychopathic Personality Traits Scale (PPTS) in a large prison sample

Boduszek, Daniel; Debowska, Agata; Dhingra, Katie; DeLisi, Matthew

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.004

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“…The constructors of the fourfactor model strongly advocate that antisocial tendencies are the crucial part of the psychopathy construct (Hare & Neumann, 2010;Neumann, Hare, & Pardini, 2015); however, this opinion is highly criticized and challenged (Cooke & Michie, 2001;Cooke, Michie, & Skeem, 2007;Međedović, Petrović, Kujačić, Želeskov-Đorić, & Savić, 2015). Furthermore, all of the contemporary models of psychopathy do not incorporate antisocial behavior as its crucial trait (Benning, Patrick, Hicks, Blonigen, & Krueger, 2003;Boduszek, Debowska, Dhingra, & DeLisi, 2016;Patrick, Fowles, & Krueger, 2009). There are pragmatic reasons for not measuring antisocial behavior as a psychopathy trait too.…”

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Can HEXACO-PI-R Adequately Represent the Four-Factor Model of Psychopathy?

Međedović

2017

Psihol. teme (Online)

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Recently there have been attempts to measure psychopathy via existing personality inventories. The aim of the present research was to explore whether six-factors personality structure (measured by HEXACO-PI-R) can be used for the assessment of the psychopathy model consisted of four traits: interpersonal, affective, lifestyle and antisocial (measured by SRP-4). In Study 1 (402 community participants), the proxy measures of these traits were generated using the HEXACO-PI-R items. It showed that all the psychopathy traits except antisocial tendencies are adequately explained by HEXACO traits: all of the R²s were >.50. Proxy measures had satisfactory reliabilities (all Alphas >.70) and adequate correlations with the original psychopathy scales. In Study 2 (345 undergraduate students) and Study 3 (245 male convicts), the discriminative and external validity of the proxy measures is further demonstrated. The results of the present research showed that HEXACO-PI-R can be used to explore interpersonal, affective and lifestyle features of psychopathy, which can facilitate further research. However, the usage of the inventories which measure psychopathy directly is still preferable when possible.

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Can HEXACO-PI-R Adequately Represent the Four-Factor Model of Psychopathy?

Međedović

2017

Psihol. teme (Online)

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“…Međedović, Petrović, Kujačić, Đorić, & Savić, 2015). Others believe that even impulsive and erratic behaviour is not the core feature of psychopathy (Boduszek, Debowska, Dhingra, & Delisi, 2016). This is in line with the experts' notions that successful psychopathy is characterized by adequate behavioural control (Mullins-Sweatt et al, 2010).…”

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Psychopathy facilitates workplace success

Pavlić¹,

Međedović²

2019

Psihol istraživanja

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Psychopathy may be related to some adaptive outcomes in the workplace environment. This phenomenon is called corporate psychopathy and it is based on the assumption that the corporate environment positively selects for psychopathic features, especially in top management. We tested the hypothesis of positive relations between psychopathy traits and workplace success indicators in the sample of 212 working adults (69% females; M age =33.55[SD=7.38]). We measured psychopathy using the Psychopathy Personality Traits Scale (analyses were performed on two empirically extracted factors from the items of this scale, labelled as Ruthless manipulation and Lack of empathy). We explored workplace success using four variables: 1) managerial vs. operational position in the company, 2) variation in monthly salary, 3) variation in the received bonus for the previous year's performance, and 4) self-reported success in performing job tasks. Correlation and regression analyses provided very similar results: Ruthless manipulation was more pronounced in individuals who were in managerial positions, and those who received a bonus for their performance; Lack of empathy was positively associated with the bonus and self-reported performance success. Ruthless manipulation had a positive zero-order correlation with monthly salary as well, but it did not have an independent contribution to the prediction of this criterion measure. The study results are congruent with the hypothesis that psychopathy is positively associated with various indicators of success in the workplace context. The findings can be interpreted using the concepts of corporate psychopathy and successful psychopathy in general.

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“…Each additional maltreatment event was related with an increased risk of callous-unemotional tendencies, confirming the accumulative impact of childhood trauma (Docherty, Kubik, Herrera, & Boxer, 2018). Maltreated children were also shown to display deficits in empathy as well as expressing, understanding, and recognizing emotions (Beeghly & Cicchetti, 1994;Gaensbauer, 1982;Pollak, Cicchetti, Hornug, & Reed, 2000;Shipman & Zeman, 1999) -all of which are integral features of a psychopathic personality (Boduszek, Debowska, Dhingra, & DeLisi, 2016).…”

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Is Female Psychopathy Linked with Child Abuse? An Empirical Investigation using a Person-Centered Approach

Boduszek

Debowska

Willmott

et al. 2019

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

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Childhood abuse is associated with increased psychopathic features among girls, but most prior research is based on data from correctional samples of female delinquents and less is known about how specific forms of childhood abuse affect specific features of psychopathy. Using a school-based community sample of 696 girls aged 9-17 years from Barbados and Grenada, the current study examined latent profiles of psychopathic personality traits and their associations with physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Latent profile analysis (LPA) revealed four distinct psychopathy groups among girls, including a 'low psychopathy' group (41.9% of girls), 'high psychopathy' group (4.8%), 'high interpersonal manipulation and egocentricity' group (37.4%), and a 'moderate psychopathy' group (16%). There was considerable evidence of physical abuse, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse among participants. Sexual abuse was associated with a 116% increased likelihood of membership in the high psychopathy group and a 57% increased likelihood of membership in the high interpersonal manipulation and egocentricity group. These results indicate that sexual abuse is a powerful distal factor in the development of psychopathic personality functioning, especially more severe variants.

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Introduction and validation of Psychopathic Personality Traits Scale (PPTS) in a large prison sample

Cited by 65 publications

References 86 publications

Can HEXACO-PI-R Adequately Represent the Four-Factor Model of Psychopathy?

Can HEXACO-PI-R Adequately Represent the Four-Factor Model of Psychopathy?

Psychopathy facilitates workplace success

Is Female Psychopathy Linked with Child Abuse? An Empirical Investigation using a Person-Centered Approach

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