Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Psychology
Examination Of Psychopathic Traits And Attention Using The Image Based Parity Task, Veronica Claudia Llamas
Examination Of Psychopathic Traits And Attention Using The Image Based Parity Task, Veronica Claudia Llamas
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Psychopathy has been defined as including deficits in affective, cognitive, and behavioral functioning. Due to the severity of these deficits, several etiological theories have emerged in an attempt to better understand the personality construct. The response modulation hypothesis (RMH; Patterson & Newman, 1993) is a theory growing in popularity among researchers and posits that an inability to reallocate attentional resources to peripheral information moderates the affective and behavioral deficits commonly documented within individuals with psychopathy. Thus, the present study attempted to examine to test the validity of the RMH in a non-incarcerated population. The results somewhat support the theory that …
Ppi-R: Factor Structure In A Diverse Subclinical Sample, Veronica Claudia Llamas
Ppi-R: Factor Structure In A Diverse Subclinical Sample, Veronica Claudia Llamas
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Literature examining the factor structure of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory – Revised (PPI-R) has yielded mixed results. This study attempted to examine the three proposed factor structures (one-, two-, or three-) for the PPI-R utilizing a mixed gender undergraduate sample. Results demonstrated poor fit for each of the three proposed factor structures within the present sample. Post-hoc exploratory factor analysis of the PPI-R items revealed that seven of the eight original subscales from the measure were found to be salient. Rebellious nonconformity was the only subscale that was not able to be extracted. Furthermore, only 81 out of the 131 …
Validity Study Of The Psychopathic Personality Inventory In A Noncriminal Population, Julie Madeleine Woltil
Validity Study Of The Psychopathic Personality Inventory In A Noncriminal Population, Julie Madeleine Woltil
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
The Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI) is a self-report measure which was created by Lilienfeld and Andrews (1996) to identify the personality traits of psychopathy in noncriminal populations. These personality traits were grouped into eight subscales in the PPI including Machiavellian Egocentricity, Social Potency, Coldheartedness, Carefree Nonplanfulness, Fearlessness, Blame Extemalization, Impulsive Nonconformity and Stress Immunity. In this study, the relationship between the PPI and four theoretically related concepts (psychopathy, empathy, sensation seeking and driving anger) were examined to evaluate its concurrent and construct validity. A positive correlation was found between the PPI and the Self-Rep0l1 Psychopathy Scale, the Driving Anger Scale, …