Using the PCL-R to Help Estimate the Validity of Two Self-Report Measures of Psychopathy With Offenders

Poythress, Norman G.; Lilienfeld, Scott O.; Skeem, Jennifer L.; Douglas, Kevin S.; Edens, John F.; Epstein, Monica; Patrick, Christopher J.

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“…The scale has demonstrated good internal consistency with student samples, as well as strong test-retest reliability, and construct validity (α = .92 in the current study; e.g. Poythress et al, 2010;Ray, Weir, Poythress, & Rickelm, 2011).…”

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Trials and Tribulations: Psychopathic Traits, Emotion, and Decision-Making in an Ambiguous Case of Sexual Assault

Peace¹,

Valois²

2014

PSYCH

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Judgments of criminal culpability often are influenced by factors unrelated to case content, such as the emotionality of the victim and the personality of the judge. In the current study, we investigated the relationship between psychopathic traits (high/low) and information processing modes (experiential vs. rational) in a group of mock jurors (N = 383) asked to judge a "he said, she said" ambiguous case of sexual assault that varied according to both victim and defendant emotionality (high/low). The results demonstrated that victim and defendant emotionality was critical in determining case outcomes, which interacted with the processing style that participants utilized more. Specifically, experiential processors were more punitive towards the defendant when the defendant displayed low levels of emotion relative to high emotionality, whereas rational processors were slightly more punitive when high levels of emotion were being displayed. Psychopathic traits had no influence on ratings of veracity/credibility of the victim and defendant, or on overall guilt determinations and severity of sentencing. However, participants high in psychopathic traits believed that the alleged victim was making a false allegation more often when she was less emotional, and they were less punitive towards the false allegation than individuals low in psychopathic traits. These findings have important implications concerning how cases of sexual assault are interpreted in court, and extra-legal factors that may alter case outcomes.

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Trials and Tribulations: Psychopathic Traits, Emotion, and Decision-Making in an Ambiguous Case of Sexual Assault

Peace¹,

Valois²

2014

PSYCH

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“…They were recruited from state prisons and residential drug treatment sites in Florida, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Utah (see Poythress et al, 2010). Inclusion criteria required that participants (a) self-reported racial status as Black or White, (b) spoke English, (c) had an estimated IQ screening of at least 70, and (d) were not receiving psychotropic medication for active symptoms of psychosis.…”

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A Dimensional Comparison of a Self-Report and a Structured Interview Measure of Conduct Disorder

Kelley

Balsis

Smith

et al. 2016

Journal of Personality Disorders

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Eligibility for a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) requires evidence of antecedent conduct disorder (CD). Accurately identifying CD may be influenced by various factors, including assessment methodology. The present study used a two-parameter latent variable model to examine the relative performance of a self-report measure and a structured clinical interview in retrospectively detecting the CD spectrum among adult male offenders (N = 1,159). Self-report and clinical interview tended to converge regarding the rank order of severity indicated by CD symptom criteria. In addition, at relatively low levels of CD severity, self-report provided more information about the CD spectrum than did clinical interview. At relatively higher levels of CD severity, however, clinical interview provided more information about the CD spectrum than did self-report. Latent variable models offer a potential means of combining multiple assessment methods in a way that maximizes information gleaned by capitalizing on the contextual strengths of each approach.

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“…The LSRP has been used extensively to examine psychopathic tendencies in normal populations and has construct validity with the PCL-R in offenders (Poythress, et al, 2010). It is hypothesized that the P-facets will map onto the primary and secondary LSRP factors.…”

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The P-psychopathy continuum: Facets of Psychoticism and their associations with psychopathic tendencies

Heym

Ferguson

Lawrence

2013

Personality and Individual Differences

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Highlights  An examination of psychopathy related facets in EPQ-R Psychoticism (P) Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the 2, 3 and 4 factor models of psychopathy in P  support the 4 factor model over 2 factor model, but 3 factor model had best fit  P-facets show predicted divergent associations with psychopathy related traits  linked to high psychopathy, impulsivity and aggression, and low empathy *Highlights (for review)The P-psychopathy continuum and facets of P 1 The P-psychopathy continuum: Facets of Psychoticism and their associations with psychopathic tendencies Abstract Eysenck proposed that psychopathy is at the extreme end of the Psychoticism (P) personality dimension (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1976). This study examined (i) whether psychopathy-relevant P items of the EPQ-R can form psychometrically valid facets that map onto the conceptualization of the two-, three-or four-factor models of psychopathy using confirmatory factor analysis (N=577) in a normal population; and (ii) whether those P-facets have criteria-related validity in associations with self-reported primary and secondary psychopathy, impulsivity (subsample N=306), and measures of trait empathy and aggression (subsample N=212). The four-factor model incorporating affective, interpersonal, impulsive, and antisocial facets of P was superior to the two-factor model; however, the three-factor conceptualization excluding the antisocial P-facet was the best fit. The facets show predicted divergent associations with primary and secondary self-reported psychopathy and trait measures. Findings are discussed in light of Eysenck's P-psychopathy continuity hypothesis and the applicability of facet approaches to the prediction of psychopathic and antisocial tendencies.

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Using the PCL-R to Help Estimate the Validity of Two Self-Report Measures of Psychopathy With Offenders

Cited by 163 publications

References 60 publications

Trials and Tribulations: Psychopathic Traits, Emotion, and Decision-Making in an Ambiguous Case of Sexual Assault

Trials and Tribulations: Psychopathic Traits, Emotion, and Decision-Making in an Ambiguous Case of Sexual Assault

A Dimensional Comparison of a Self-Report and a Structured Interview Measure of Conduct Disorder

The P-psychopathy continuum: Facets of Psychoticism and their associations with psychopathic tendencies

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