Relationships Between Psychopathy and Impulsivity in the Domain of Self-Reported Personality Features
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Keywords
Psychopathy, Impulsivity, UPPS, Psychopathic personality inventory, revised Personality traits, Personality disorders
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.005
Abstract
Impulsivity is widely accepted as a characteristic of psychopathy. However, both psychopathy and impulsivity are multi-faceted constructs, and theory suggests that primary and secondary variants of psychopathy may differ in their manifestations of impulsivity-related features. Using a sample of 92 offenders, this study used the fearless dominance (FD) and self-centered impulsivity (SCI) factors of the psychopathic personality inventory - revised (PPI-R; Lilienfeld, S.O., & Widows, M.R. (2005). Psychological assessment inventory - revised (PPI-R). Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.), respectively, as proxy indicators of primary and secondary psychopathy, and examined their relations to multiple impulsivity- related constructs. Bivariate and hierarchical regression analyses revealed that FD and SCI have different patterns of association with impulsivity-related constructs and that these patterns are generally consistent with theoretical expectations. The results suggest that measures of impulsivity may be useful in identifying psychopathy subtypes.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Personality and Individual Differences, v. 46, issue 2, p. 83-87
Scholar Commons Citation
Ray, James; Poythress, Norman; Weir, John M.; and Rickelm, Angela, "Relationships Between Psychopathy and Impulsivity in the Domain of Self-Reported Personality Features" (2009). Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications. 62.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mhlp_facpub/62
