Few psychological concepts evoke simultaneously as much fascination and
misunderstanding as psychopathic personality, or psychopathy. Typically, individuals with …

The clinical concept of psychopathy (“psychopathic personality”) is generally considered to
entail persistent behavioral deviancy in the company of emotional–interpersonal …

Narcissism is known to be related to romantic success in short-term contexts (dating, early
stage relationships) but also to problems in long-term committed relationships. We propose …

The triarchic model of psychopathy (Patrick, Fowles, & Krueger, 2009) was formulated as an
integrative framework for reconciling differing conceptions of psychopathy. The model …

Altered reactivity to stress, either in the direction of exaggerated reactivity or diminished
reactivity, may signal a dysregulation of systems intended to maintain homeostasis and a …

Since its publication, the Psychopathic Personality Inventory and its revision (Lilienfeld &
Andrews, 1996; Lilienfeld & Widows, 2005) have become increasingly popular such that it is …

The influx of attention regarding psychopathy in the workplace by media and scholars alike
has increased dramatically over the last two decades. Nevertheless, this attention has …

Although psychopathic personality (psychopathy) is marked largely by maladaptive traits
(eg, poor impulse control, lack of guilt), some authors have conjectured that some features of …

The dominance behavioral system (DBS) can be conceptualized as a biologically based
system that guides dominance motivation, dominant and subordinate behavior, and …

Moreover, aggression in high-psychopathic individuals may manifest in ways other than
overt violence. For example, relational aggression involving threats, dominance, and …