The relationship between DSM-IV cluster B personality disorders and psychopathy according to Hare's criteria: clarification and resolution of previous contradictions.
This study examines the relationship between DSM-cluster B personality disorders (PDs) and psychopaths according to Hare's criteria as detected by the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL:SV) in 299 violent offenders. To clarify some contradictions among several previous studies on this issue, individual cluster B PDs were looked at alone, excluding any cases of comorbidity with other PDs of this cluster. We found highly significant relationships between antisocial and borderline PD and Factor II of the PCL and a highly significant correlation between narcissistic PD and Factor I of the PCL. These results were to be expected from the theoretical basis of the development of the PCL and provide a contribution to the construct validity of the PCL, which until now has not been validated on such a large sample in Germany.
Huchzermeier
Christian
C
Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Niemannsweg 147, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. C.Huchzermeier@ZIP-Kiel.de
Geiger
Friedemann
F
Bruss
Emelie
E
Godt
Nils
N
Köhler
Denis
D
Hinrichs
Günter
G
Aldenhoff
Josef B
JB
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005858:Germany; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009289:Narcissism; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000295:instrumentation*