title: The relationship between the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised and the MMPI-2: a pilot study.
abstract: The goal of the study was to investigate the relationship between Hare's four-facet model of psychopathy and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) in a forensic, culturally homogenous sample. 22 male prisoners from Bergen Prison participated. There was only a statistically significant negative zero-order correlation between the total PCL-R score and the score on the Depression scale of the MMPI-2. However, the results revealed that the four facets had different underlying correlates with negative affectivity. Overall, Facets 1 and 2 showed a tendency toward a negative relationship with the clinical scales on the MMPI-2, while Facets 3 and 4 had a positive relationship. Interestingly, partial correlations showed that Facet 4 of PCL-R was the only facet that correlated statistically significantly with the scores on the Psychopathic Deviate scale of the MMPI-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Norway. anita.hansen@psysp.uib.no
authors.forename: Anita L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stokkeland
authors.forename: Bjørn Helge
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.forename: Ståle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pallesen
authors.forename: Leif
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Waage
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009664:Norway; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult