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"How to spot a psychopath": lay theories of psychopathy

, 2009
The present study examined lay recognition of psychopathy and beliefs about the behavioural manifestations, aetiology, and treatments of psychopathy. A community sample of 232 participants completed a questionnaire consisting of a vignette-identification
Swami, V., Daoud, Y., Furnham, A.
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Differential associations between mentalizing dimensions and psychopathy subtypes: the moderating role of borderline personality traits

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionPsychopathy comprises primary and secondary subtypes with distinct affective–interpersonal profiles. Mentalizing, i.e., the capacity to understand one’s own and others’ mental states, may help explain this heterogeneity. This study tested how
Buket Ünver
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The legal and social management of psychopaths [PDF]

, 2005
Psychopathy has been a cause for disquiet for many years and has received more attention in recent years. Questions regarding its validity as a mental disorder, its effects on moral agency and the management of individuals suffering from the disorder ...
Mei-Tal, Maya
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Understanding empathy deficits and emotion dysregulation in psychopathy: The mediating role of alexithymia.

PLoS ONE
Psychopathy is a severe personality disorder marked by a wide range of emotional deficits, including a lack of empathy, emotion dysregulation, and alexithymia.
Matthias Burghart, Alexander H J Sahm, Sergej Schmidt, Jan Bulla, Daniela Mier   +4 more
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The development and validation of the successful psychopathy scale [PDF]

Purpose: The emerging construct of successful psychopathy is characterised by traits largely considered beneficial or adaptive in daily life, which might also be callous and manipulative in nature.
Sumich, AL, Medvedev, O. N., Wallace, L, Wallace, L., Sumich, A., Fido, D, Fido, D., Medvedev, ON, Heym, N, Heym, N.   +9 more
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Psychopathy and Emotion Regulation: Evidence for Dynamic Attentional Biases in Incarcerated Men

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
Psychopathy is a syndrome of personality pathology associated with callousness, manipulation, and persistent antisocial behavior. Whereas several contemporary perspectives emphasize innate emotional unresponsiveness as the core deficit in psychopathy ...
Nastassia R. E. Riser, Courtney N. Beussink, Steven A. Miller, David S. Kosson   +3 more
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Recognition of Facial Affect in individuals scoring high and low on Psychopathic Personality Characteristics [PDF]

, 2007
The accuracy of perception of facial emotion expressions was studied in individuals with low and high psychopathic personality characteristics in a sample of 21 male and 39 female university students.
Ali, Afiya
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Examining the Association between Psychopathic Traits and Fearlessness among Maximum-Security Incarcerated Male Adolescents

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Studies have reported positive associations between youth psychopathy scores and measures of ‘fearlessness’. However, prior studies modified fearlessness items to be age appropriate, shifting from assessing hypothetical, extreme forms of physical risk ...
J. Michael Maurer, Nathaniel E. Anderson, Corey H. Allen, Kent A. Kiehl   +3 more
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Conceptualising psychopathy: Empirical, clinical and case interpretations

, 2019
Brooks, NS ORCiD: 0000-0003-1784-099XThe diagnosis of psychopathy in individuals poses a number of challenges for psychologists, psychiatrists, the legal system and society at large.
Brooks, Nathan S, Nathan Brooks, Nathan Brooks (9783383)   +2 more
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Psychopathy among prisoners in England and Wales [PDF]

, 2009
Most research into psychopathy among prisoners is based on selected samples. It remains unclear whether prevalences are lower among European populations.
Farrell, Michael, Moran, Paul, Ullrich, Simone, Jenkins, Rachel, Yang, Min, Brugha, Traolach, Lewis, Glyn, Singleton, Nicola, Hare, Robert D., Bebbington, Paul, Coid, Jeremy W., Roberts, Amanda D.L.   +11 more
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