Research on psychopathy has progressed considerably in recent years against the
backdrop of important advances in the broader field of clinical psychological science. My …

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 …

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

Background: Conceptualizing Psychopathy. The definition of the term psychopathy has been
a matter of longstanding debate. As used today, the concept is generally considered to entail …

A number of self-report psychopathy scales have been used successfully in both clinical and
nonclinical settings. However, their factor structure does not adequately capture the four …

In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a Limited
Prosocial Emotions specifier was added to the conduct disorder diagnostic criteria to …

In this chapter, we review the conceptual and methodological challenges confronting the
assessment of psychopathy by means of self-report. We begin by examining the advantages …

Although psychopathy usually is treated as a unitary construct, a seminal theory posits that
there are 2 variants: Primary psychopathy is underpinned by an inherited affective deficit …

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