Neural correlates of primary and secondary psychopathic traits in a juvenile community sample

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa L. Paiva-Salisbury ◽  
Timothy Stickle ◽  
Robert Whelan ◽  
Hugh Garavan
Keyword(s):  
Community Sample ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Psychopathic Traits

scholarly journals Concurrent and prospective effects of psychopathic traits on affective and cognitive empathy in a community sample of late adolescents

2013 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 969-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart H. J. Brouns ◽  
Minet Annette de Wied ◽  
Loes Keijsers ◽  
Susan Branje ◽  
Stephanie H. M. van Goozen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Sample ◽  
Cognitive Empathy ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Late Adolescents

Relationship between defense mechanisms and psychopathic traits in an Internet sample

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-282
Author(s):  
Sandra Weber ◽  
William H. Gottdiener ◽  
Cordelia Chou
Keyword(s):  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychopathic Personality ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Personality Profile ◽  
Defense Style ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire ◽  
Internet Sample

The authors compared the defense mechanisms used by a community sample of people with and without self-reported psychopathic traits. Defense mechanisms were assessed using the Defense Style Questionnaire-60 and psychopathy was assessed using the Levinson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in a sample of 225 adults recruited on the Internet. Results found that people with self-reported psychopathy traits used significantly more immature and neurotic defense mechanisms than people without a psychopathic personality profile. All participants reported equal use of mature defenses.

scholarly journals The Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory: A Bifactor Model, Dimensionality, and Measurement Invariance

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 932-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Zwaanswijk ◽  
Violaine C. Veen ◽  
Paul Vedder
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Bifactor Model ◽  
Ethnic Background ◽  
Latent Structure ◽  
Factor Scores ◽  
Modeling Approach ◽  
Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory ◽  
Bifactor Modeling

The current study examines a bifactor model for the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) in a Dutch community sample of adolescents ( N = 2,874). The primary goal was to examine the latent structure of the YPI with a bifactor modeling approach. Furthermore, the study examines the dimensionality and measurement invariance of the YPI. Results show that a bifactor model at subscale level fits the YPI best. The general psychopathy factor influences the 10 subscales of the YPI strongly, indicating that the YPI seems to be rather unidimensional than multidimensional. Nevertheless, the dimensions still explain nearly one third of the variance found. Findings imply that the bifactor model of the YPI should be used when examining relations with outcome variables, with a focus on the total score of the YPI, while factor scores should be reported with caution. Furthermore, the bifactor model appears invariant for gender, age, and ethnic background.

scholarly journals Neural Correlates of Moral Evaluation and Psychopathic Traits in Male Multi-Problem Young Adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josjan Zijlmans ◽  
Reshmi Marhe ◽  
Floor Bevaart ◽  
Marie-Jolette A. Luijks ◽  
Laura van Duin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Moral Evaluation

Psychopathic Traits, Inhibition, and Positive and Negative Emotion: Results from an Emotional Go/No-Go Task

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Frances Fournier ◽  
Julia Blayne McDonald ◽  
Peter E Clayson ◽  
Edelyn Verona
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Event Related Potentials ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Affective Processing ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Related Potentials

Inhibitory control, the ability to stop or prevent an action, is of relevance to disorders marked by increased disinhibition and impulsivity, including some facets of psychopathy. Because aspects of cognitive control (including inhibitory control) and emotion are theorized to compete for processing resources, emotional conditions may exacerbate aggressive, impulsive, and potentially harmful behaviors. The present study examined relationships between specific facets of psychopathy and inhibitory control in the context of positive, negative, and neutral emotional stimuli in a community sample using event-related potentials during an emotional-linguistic Go/No-Go task. Results indicated distinct cognition-emotion interactions for each facet of psychopathy. High scorers on the interpersonal facet exhibited decreased inhibitory processing in the presence of emotional stimuli, and decreased emotional processing in the presence of inhibitory demands, suggesting reciprocal interference between cognition and emotion. Higher scores on the callous affect facet were associated with lower emotion and inhibition processing, except when stimuli were most engaging (emotional No-Go trials). Higher lifestyle facet scores related to reciprocal facilitation between inhibition and emotion processing. Finally, higher scores on the antisocial facet were associated with poorer behavioral inhibition overall. Results provide novel evidence for interactions between affective processing and cognitive control among individuals high on distinct psychopathic traits.

Emotion Goals: A Missing Piece in Research on Psychopathy and Emotion Regulation

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-S7
Author(s):  
Foteini Spantidaki Kyriazi ◽  
Stefan Bogaerts ◽  
Maya Tamir ◽  
Jaap J. A. Denissen ◽  
Carlo Garofalo
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Emotional Disturbances ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Perceived Utility

Psychopathy is associated with profound emotional disturbances. Yet little is known about associations between psychopathic traits and what individuals want to feel (i.e., emotion goals). Associations between psychopathy and emotion goals were investigated in two studies with nonclinical samples (N = 148 undergraduate students; N = 520 community sample). Four emotions often studied in psychopathy research were targeted: anger, fear, sadness, and joy. Furthermore, perceived utility and perceived pleasantness of emotions were assessed to investigate whether potential associations between psychopathy and emotion goals could be partly explained by instrumental or hedonic considerations, respectively. Psychopathic traits were positively related to negative emotion goals (primarily anger). Although joy was the most wanted emotion on average, psychopathy was negatively but less robustly related to the emotion goal of joy. Mediation analyses suggested differential motivational (hedonic and/or instrumental) mechanisms for different emotion goals. These findings provide preliminary evidence for motivated emotion regulation in psychopathy.

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