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- Title
A taxometric analysis of psychopathic personality.
- Authors
Marcus, David K; John, Siji L; Edens, John F
- Abstract
Although a common assumption throughout much of the professional and popular literature is that psychopaths are qualitatively different from others, very few studies have examined the latent structure of psychopathy. Whether psychopathy is a discrete category or a continuous dimension may have implications for research on the assessment, etiology, and treatment of this disorder. This study examined the latent structure of psychopathy in a sample of 309 jail and prison inmates. Three taxometric procedures were used to analyze indicators drawn from the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (S. O. Lilienfeld & B. P. Andrews, 1996), a self-report instrument. Consistent with prior studies that used other measures of psychopathy, none of the analyses was consistent with a taxonic solution, suggesting that psychopathic personality may be best understood as existing on a continuum.
- Publication
Journal of abnormal psychology, 2004, Vol 113, Issue 4, p626
- ISSN
0021-843X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0021-843X.113.4.626