Journal article
Identifying Psychopathy Subtypes on the Basis of Personality Structure
Psychological assessment, Vol.16(3), pp.276-288
09/2004
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.16.3.276
PMID: 15456383
Abstract
The authors used model-based cluster analysis to identify subtypes of criminal psychopaths on the basis of differences in personality structure. Participants included 96 male prisoners diagnosed as psychopathic, using the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R;
R. D. Hare, 1991
). Personality was assessed using the brief form of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ-BF;
C. J. Patrick, J. J. Curtin, & A. Tellegen, 2002
). The best-fitting model yielded two clusters.
Emotionally stable
psychopaths were characterized by low Stress Reaction and high Agency.
Aggressive
psychopaths were characterized by high Negative Emotionality, low Constraint, and low Communion. These results suggest that psychopaths as defined by the PCL-R includes distinct subtypes, distinguishable in terms of personality structure, that may reflect different etiologies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Identifying Psychopathy Subtypes on the Basis of Personality Structure
- Creators
- Brian M Hicks - Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities CampusKristian E Markon - Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities CampusChristopher J Patrick - Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities CampusRobert F Krueger - Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities CampusJoseph P Newman - Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychological assessment, Vol.16(3), pp.276-288
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/1040-3590.16.3.276
- PMID
- 15456383
- ISSN
- 1040-3590
- eISSN
- 1939-134X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2004
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984083883002771
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