The Self-Report Psychopathy Scale and Passive Avoidance Learning: A Validation Study of Race and Gender Effects
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Keywords
SRPS, psychopathy, gender, race, validity, passive avoidance errors, trait anxiety, intelligence
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191105284992
Abstract
The reliability and validity of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (SRPS) was examined in a noninstitutionalized offender sample of mixed gender and race. Adequate alpha coefficients were obtained for the total sample and across gender and race. The SRPS was compared to measures of trait anxiety and passive avoidance errors. SRPS total, primary, and secondary scores were positively and significantly correlated with trait anxiety and passive avoidance (commission) errors, but not omission errors. Employing hierarchical regression models, no anxiety, gender, or ethnic effects were found. Intelligence confounded the relationship between psychopathic traits and passive avoidance errors. Findings provide tentative support of the SRPS as a valid measure of psychopathy.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Assessment, v. 13, issue 2, p. 197-207
Scholar Commons Citation
Epstein, Monica K.; Poythress, Norman G.; and Brandon, Karen O., "The Self-Report Psychopathy Scale and Passive Avoidance Learning: A Validation Study of Race and Gender Effects" (2006). Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications. 16.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mhlp_facpub/16
