Self-Report Psychopathy in an Australian Community Sample

Psychopathy has long been identified as a central personality correlate of criminal and violent behaviour yet remains relatively unexplored in Australia. The present study utilised the recently developed Self-Report Psychopathy Scale - III (SRP-III) with an Australian community sample (N = 327). As...

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Published in:Psychiatry, psychology, and law psychology, and law, 2012-06, Vol.19 (3), p.389-401
Main Authors: Watt, Bruce D., Brooks, Nathan S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression
Aggressiveness
Alcohol use
Antisocial personality disorder
Anxiety
Anxiety-Depression
community
Empathy
Males
Men
Mental depression
Offenders
physical aggression
Psychopathy
Self report
Self-Report Psychopathy Scale - III (SRP-III)
Selfreport
Social desirability
Violence
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Summary:Psychopathy has long been identified as a central personality correlate of criminal and violent behaviour yet remains relatively unexplored in Australia. The present study utilised the recently developed Self-Report Psychopathy Scale - III (SRP-III) with an Australian community sample (N = 327). As expected, males reported higher levels of psychopathy across the four SRP-III facets, callous-affect (CA), interpersonally manipulative (IPM), erratic life-style (ELS) and criminal tendencies (CT). Psychopathy was associated with lower levels of empathy (especially CA), higher alcohol use (ELS, CT), pro-violence thoughts (IPM, CA) and elevated depression, anxiety and stress (IPM, ELS). Each facet was found to enhance the statistical prediction of physical aggression, beyond age, gender, social desirability and violent thoughts. The SRP-III is a potentially useful instrument for measuring psychopathic characteristics when comprehensive documentation is not available.
ISSN:1321-8719
1934-1687
DOI:10.1080/13218719.2011.585130