Further evidence of the divergent correlates of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory factors: prediction of institutional misconduct among male prisoners. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Recent evidence suggests that 2 largely orthogonal dimensions underpin the latent construct assessed by the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI; Lilienfeld & Andrews, 1996): Fearless Dominance (PPI-I) and Impulsive Antisociality (PPI-II). Relatively few data exist on the correlates of these 2 dimensions in offender samples, however. The present study examines the criterion-related validity of these 2 dimensions among male prison inmates (N = 131) in relation to the prediction of 3 categories of institutional maladjustment: aggressive misconduct, nonaggressive misconduct, and any misconduct. PPI-II significantly predicted each criterion type, with effect sizes of moderate magnitude, whereas PPI-I was essentially unrelated to these outcome measures.

published proceedings

  • Psychol Assess

author list (cited authors)

  • Edens, J. F., Poythress, N. G., Lilienfeld, S. O., Patrick, C. J., & Test, A

citation count

  • 80

complete list of authors

  • Edens, John F||Poythress, Norman G||Lilienfeld, Scott O||Patrick, Christopher J||Test, Amy

publication date

  • March 2008