Structural, item, and test generalizability of the psychopathology checklist - revised to offenders with intellectual disabilities [PDF]
The Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL-R) is the most widely used measure of psychopathy in forensic clinical practice, but the generalizability of the measure to offenders with intellectual disabilities (ID) has not been clearly established.
Alexander, R.+26 more
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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
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The role of psychopathic traits among intimate partner-violent men: A systematic review [PDF]
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [MINECO-17-PSI2016-77484-P]; Foundation for the Promotion of Applied Scientific Research and Technology in Asturias [BP13-134, BP14-153]; Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport [FPU 13 ...
Fernández Suárez, Asunción+4 more
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Neural correlates of moral and non-moral emotion in female psychopathy
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
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False-Positives in Psychopathy Assessment: Proposing Theory-Driven Exclusion Criteria in Research Sampling [PDF]
Recent debates in psychopathy studies have articulated concerns about false-positives in assessment and research sampling. These are pressing concerns for research progress, since scientific quality depends on sample quality, that is, if we wish to study
Rosenberg Larsen, Rasmus
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Psychopaths Online: The Linguistic Traces of Psychopathy in Email, Text Messaging and Facebook
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
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Do psychopathic traits predict criminal activity?
Psychopathy evidence is frequently used for court decisions involving young criminals, claiming that is it an important predictor of crime. We investigate the effect of psychopathy on crime using a unique panel dataset of young offenders, which allows to
M. Antonella Mancino, Tarek Attia
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Exposure to criminal environment and criminal social identity in a sample of adult prisoners: The moderating role of psychopathic traits [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of period of incarceration, criminal friend index (a retrospective measure intended to quantify criminal associations before first incarceration), and four psychopathy factors (interpersonal ...
Boduszek, Daniel+2 more
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Female Psychopathy and Mortality
The mortality of female psychopaths has scarcely been investigated. To estimate the association between psychopathy and mortality, data from subjects having been in forensic psychiatric assessments at Niuvanniemi Hospital during 1984–1993 were linked to the data from the National Death Registry.
Olli Vaurio+7 more
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Psychopathy, autism, and basic moral emotions: Evidence for sentimentalist constructivism [PDF]
Philosophers and psychologists often claim that moral agency is connected with the ability to feel, understand, and deploy moral emotions. In this chapter, I investigate the nature of these emotions and their connection with moral agency.
Ramirez, Erick
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