Boduszek, Daniel and Debowska, Agata and Sherretts, Nicole and Willmott, Dominic and Boulton, Mike and Kielkiewicz, Krzysztof and Popiolek, Katarzyna and Hyland, Philip
(2021)
Are prisoners more psychopathic than non-forensic populations? Profiling psychopathic traits among prisoners, community adults, university students, and adolescents.
Deviant Behavior, 42 (2).
pp. 232-244.
ISSN 0163-9625
Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare prisoners (n = 772), community adults
(n = 1201), university students (n = 2080), and adolescents (n = 472) on four
sets of psychopathic traits (affective responsiveness, cognitive responsiveness,
interpersonal manipulation, and egocentricity), using a psychopathy
measure which does not index criminal/antisocial behavior – the
Psychopathic Personality Traits Scale. Another aim was to examine patterns
of co-occurrence between psychopathic personality traits among offending
and non-offending populations. ANOVA results indicated significant differences
between the four groups on all PPTS dimensions. Adolescents
demonstrated greater deficits in affective and cognitive responsiveness
than the remaining groups of participants. Prisoners had elevated deficits
in cognitive responsiveness, compared with university students and community
adults. University students scored higher on interpersonal manipulation
than adolescents and prisoners, and higher on egocentricity than
community adults and prisoners. Latent profile analysis revealed four distinct
classes of psychopathic traits among all samples, although not all
classes were qualitatively equivalent across samples. Low psychopathy
groups were identified for all samples. There were clear high psychopathy
groups for prisoners and university students, with approximately 7% of
prisoners and students belonging in the groups. This finding indicates
that past research could have over-estimated the prevalence of psychopathy
in forensic populations due to inclusion of criminal behavior items in
psychopathy assessment.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Prisoners; Psychopathic; Non-forensic Populations;
Profiling; Psychopathic Traits; Community; Adults;
University Students; Adolescents; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: |
14081 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2019.1665221 |
| Depositing User: |
Philip Hyland
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| Date Deposited: |
25 Feb 2021 15:08 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Deviant Behavior |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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