Psychopathic Personality Traits Scale (PPTS): Construct Validity of the Instrument in a Sample of U.S. Prisoners

Boduszek, Daniel; Debowska, Agata; Sherretts, Nicole; Willmott, Dominic

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01596

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“…While in the first step of the factor analysis, the initial model with 23 items showed inadequate model fit and some critically low factor loadings, the model fit of the 18-item version was acceptable, with moderate to high factor loadings on all four subscales. Its model fit indices are in line with other measurement scales evaluated using CFA (e.g., Boduszek et al, 2018;Hooker et al, 2019). Somewhat lower but still acceptable factor loadings between 0.40 and 0.50 were observed for three items in the Dominating behaviors subscale, which also had the lowest Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α = 0.65).…”

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Toward a Contextually Valid Assessment of Partner Violence: Development and Psycho-Sociometric Evaluation of the Gendered Violence in Partnerships Scale (GVPS)

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This article presents a new measure for intimate partner violence (IPV), the Gendered Violence in Partnerships Scale (GVPS). The scale was developed in the Middle East with the aim to contribute to the global perspective on IPV by providing a contextual assessment tool for partner violence against women in violent-torn settings embedded in a patriarchal social structure. In an effort to generate a scale including IPV items relevant to the women of the population, a pragmatic step-wise procedure, with focus group discussions and expert panels, was performed. The study’s analyses resulted in an 18-item checklist featuring four subscales of the GVPS that are based on a new typology of male-to-female partner violence presenting an alternative to the commonly used classification by type of abuse (i.e., physical, psychological, sexual acts). Therein, dominating behaviors, existential threats, impulsive aggression, and aggravated physical assault were identified as reflective of the lived realities of women in the war-torn Middle East, which was confirmed in factor analysis. The scale’s psychometric properties were assessed with data from 1,009 displaced women in Iraq, and associations with measures of psychopathology were determined. Implications for IPV assessment and prevention possibilities in humanitarian contexts and beyond are discussed.

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Toward a Contextually Valid Assessment of Partner Violence: Development and Psycho-Sociometric Evaluation of the Gendered Violence in Partnerships Scale (GVPS)

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“…However, a qualitative review suggests the findings were again mixed. In some studies, only a single facet predicted IPV (Boduszek et al, 2018; Cunha et al, 2018; Iyican & Babcock, 2018), while in other studies either multiple or all facets predicted IPV (Hoffmann & Verona, 2018; Stanford et al, 2008; Swogger et al, 2007; Thomson et al, 2019), after controlling for other risk factors. For example, in a study of adult men with a history of IPV, only the affective facet, as measured by the PCL-R, predicted IPV when controlling for previous IPV convictions, previous convictions for non-IPV crimes, and number of incarcerations (Cunha et al, 2018).…”

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Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Psychopathy: A Comprehensive Review

Robertson

Walker

Frick

2020

European Psychologist

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Abstract. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of an intimate partner and is a widespread, international public health crisis. An important proximate risk factor for IPV perpetration is the presence of psychopathic traits but there has not been a systematic review of the research linking psychopathic traits to IPV perpetration. We identified 43 studies using 13,476 participants (9,024 men and 4,452 women) across 10 countries that met our search criteria that led to the following conclusions. First, psychopathy was associated with IPV perpetration with medium effect sizes, even after accounting for various distal and proximate risk factors. Second, the different dimensions of psychopathy did not consistently differ in their prediction of IPV perpetration. Third, within individuals with a history of IPV perpetration, psychopathy did not relate to the frequency or severity of partner violence. Fourth, a few studies have tested the associations among child abuse, psychopathy, and IPV, with one study reporting that the combination of child abuse and psychopathic traits led to especially high risk for IPV perpetration. Lastly, we conclude by making recommendations for how future research and interventions should consider psychopathy to reduce the societal burden of IPV.

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“…In a separate study 90 , which used a different Likert scale, psychopathy levels on the Dirty Dozen were also significantly higher among an incarcerated population compared to a community sample. The PPTS was designed to measure psychopathic personality regardless of respondents' criminal history, but was initially measured in two incarcerated samples 81 , 91 . In this case, the levels in these previous studies were quite similar to those reported here.…”

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People that score high on psychopathic traits are less likely to yawn contagiously

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Kret

Eldakar

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Sci Rep

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Considerable variation exists in the contagiousness of yawning, and numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the proximate mechanisms involved in this response. Yet, findings within the psychological literature are mixed, with many studies conducted on relatively small and homogeneous samples. Here, we aimed to replicate and extend upon research suggesting a negative relationship between psychopathic traits and yawn contagion in community samples. In the largest study of contagious yawning to date (N = 458), which included both university students and community members from across 50 nationalities, participants completed an online study in which they self-reported on their yawn contagion to a video stimulus and completed four measures of psychopathy: the primary and secondary psychopathy scales from the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (LSRPS), the psychopathy construct from the Dirty Dozen, and the Psychopathic Personality Traits Scale (PPTS). Results support previous findings in that participants that yawned contagiously tended to score lower on the combined and primary measures of psychopathy. That said, tiredness was the strongest predictor across all models. These findings align with functional accounts of spontaneous and contagious yawning and a generalized impairment in overall patterns of behavioral contagion and biobehavioral synchrony among people high in psychopathic traits.

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Psychopathic Personality Traits Scale (PPTS): Construct Validity of the Instrument in a Sample of U.S. Prisoners

Cited by 16 publications

References 41 publications

Toward a Contextually Valid Assessment of Partner Violence: Development and Psycho-Sociometric Evaluation of the Gendered Violence in Partnerships Scale (GVPS)

Toward a Contextually Valid Assessment of Partner Violence: Development and Psycho-Sociometric Evaluation of the Gendered Violence in Partnerships Scale (GVPS)

Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Psychopathy: A Comprehensive Review

People that score high on psychopathic traits are less likely to yawn contagiously

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