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JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 73, Issue 3, Pages 466-476Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.3.466
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psychopathy; structural equation modeling; psychiatric disorders; violence; gender; race; intelligence
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Although a 2-factor model has advanced research on the psychopathy construct, a 3-factor model was recently developed that emphasized pathological personality and eliminated antisocial behavior. However, dropping antisocial behavior from the psychopathy construct may not be advantageous. Using a large sample of psychiatric patients from the MacArthur Risk Assessment Study (J. Monahan & H. J. Steadman, 1994), the authors used confirmatory factor analysis to test a 4-factor model of psychopathy, which included interpersonal, affective, and behavioral impulsivity dimensions and an antisocial behavior dimension. Model fit was good for this 4-factor model, even when ethnicity, gender, and intelligence variables were included in the, model. Structural equation modeling was used to compare the 3- and 4-factor models in predicting proximal (violence) and distal (intelligence) correlates of psychopathy.
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