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Self-Reported Psychopathy In The Middle East: A Cross-National Comparison Across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, And The United States, Robert D. Latzman, Ahmed M. Megreya, Lisa Hecht, Joshua Miller, Scott O. Lilienfeld

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Background: The construct of psychopathy is sparsely researched in the non-Western world, particularly in the Middle East. As such, the extent to which the psychopathy construct can be generalized to other cultures, including Middle Eastern Arab cultures, is largely unknown. Methods: The present study investigated the cross-cultural/national comparability of self-reported psychopathy in the United States (N = 786), Egypt (N = 296), and Saudi Arabia (N = 341). Results: A widely used psychopathy questionnaire demonstrated largely similar properties across the American and Middle Eastern samples and associations between Five Factor Model (FFM) personality and psychopathy were broadly consistent. Nevertheless, several …