Personality constellations in incarcerated psychopathic men

Advances in the operationalization of psychopathy have led to an increased understanding of the boundaries, structure, and nomological network of this construct, although significant questions remain. The empirical identification of replicable and theoretically meaningful psychopathy subtypes may he...

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Published inPersonality disorders Vol. 2; no. 4; p. 293
Main Authors Blagov, Pavel S, Patrick, Christopher J, Lilienfeld, Scott O, Powers, Abigail D, Phifer, Justine E, Venables, Noah, Hudak, Marissa, Herres, Daniel J, Lieb, Kate, Leigh, Sophia C Garvin, Cooper, Gabrielle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2011
Subjects
Adult
Antisocial Personality Disorder - classification
Antisocial Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology
Checklist
Child
Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Cluster Analysis
Criminals - psychology
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Hostility
Humans
Interview, Psychological
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Narcissism
Patient Selection
Personality - classification
Prisoners - psychology
Psychological Theory
Psychometrics - methods
Q-Sort
Self Report
Young Adult
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Summary:Advances in the operationalization of psychopathy have led to an increased understanding of the boundaries, structure, and nomological network of this construct, although significant questions remain. The empirical identification of replicable and theoretically meaningful psychopathy subtypes may help to improve the classification and diagnosis of this condition. We conducted a classification study of 91 incarcerated men who met conventional criteria for high levels of psychopathy using the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised. We expanded on the methodology of previous research on psychopathy subtypes by utilizing a comprehensive personality assessment instrument and a prototype matching approach to classification. The analyses revealed a primary (narcissistic) subtype and a secondary (hostile and dysregulated) subtype that were broadly consistent with the previous literature. External validation analyses, statistical controls, and incremental validity analyses provided substantial support for the primary and secondary subtypes.
ISSN:1949-2723
DOI:10.1037/a0023908