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The relationship between psychopathy and indirect aggression in a commuity sample. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This thesis sought to investigate the relationship between psychopathy and indirect aggression use. Psychopathy has been strongly linked with increased levels of aggressive behaviour and in particular violence (Porter & Woodworth, 2006).
Warren, Gemma, Warren, Gemma Carolyn
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Psychopathy and Criminal Behaviour: A Psychosocial Research Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Purpose - This paper aims to provide a critical review of the psychopathy literature, with a particular focus on recent research examining the relationship between psychopathy and various forms of criminal behaviour.
Dhingra, Katie, Boduszek, Daniel
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Psychopathy, Intelligence and Emotional Responding in a Non-Forensic Sample: An Experimental Investigation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study examined the relationships between psychopathy (primary and secondary), intelligence, and emotional responding in a sample of 50 university students, using a task measuring autonomic responses to 40 pictorial stimuli (20 neutral and 20 ...
Dhingra, Katie   +7 more
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Biological correlates of psychopathy: A brief review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to present and provide a critical review of most recent studies inquiring into brain abnormalities in psychopathy. Design/methodology/approach – The authors provide an overview of the findings of neurobiological ...
Hyland, P   +7 more
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Prevalence of psychopathy in a community sample of Spanish adults: Definitions and measurements matter

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
The main objective of this work is to examine the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population from the main currently existing theoretical perspectives of psychopathy, using for this purpose the five-factor or Big Five model as a common ...
Ana Sanz-García   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychopathy and Decision-Making: Antisocial Factor Associated With Risky Decision-Making in Offenders

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Psychopathy is a personality development disorder increasing the risk of antisocial behavior. Studies on the relationship between psychopathy and decision-making have received limited attention and the result of studies is mixed. A present study examines
Xiaoqiang Yao   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychopathic tendencies are selectively associated with reduced emotional awareness in the context of early adversity.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
It is unclear at present whether psychopathic tendencies are associated with lower or higher levels of emotional awareness (EA). Given that psychopathy includes a proficiency for manipulating others, one might expect an elevated ability to identify and ...
Ryan Smith   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neural correlates of moral and non-moral emotion in female psychopathy

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014
This study presents the first neuroimaging investigation of female psychopathy in an incarcerated population. Prior studies have found that male psychopathy is associated with reduced limbic and paralimbic activation when processing emotional stimuli and
Carla L Harenski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychopathy and Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviour: Application of Latent Class Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Although early conceptualisations posited an inverse relationship between psychopathy and self-injury, little research has tested this. Aims: To examine the self-injurious thoughts and behaviour associated with psychopathy.
Dhingra, Katie   +8 more
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Psychopaths Online: The Linguistic Traces of Psychopathy in Email, Text Messaging and Facebook

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2018
Individuals high in psychopathy are interpersonally manipulative, exhibit callous affect, and have criminal tendencies. The present study examines whether these attributes of psychopathy are correlated with linguistic patterns present in everyday online ...
Jeffrey T Hancock   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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