title: Assessing Psychopathic Traits and Criminal Behavior in a Young Adult Female Community Sample Using the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale.
abstract: This study assessed psychopathic traits in a nonforensic female population (N = 343). Respondents completed the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale-4: Short Form (SRP-SF) and also reported on their Criminal Behavior. The results revealed relatively higher scale elevations for the Interpersonal and Lifestyle SRP-SF facets, compared to the Affective and Antisocial facets. Also, those with a history of Criminal Behavior had significantly higher SRP-SF facet scores on all four psychopathy domains, compared to those without such history. Consistent with a number of previous studies, the structural equation modeling results revealed good fit for the four-factor SRP-SF model. In addition, a super-ordinate SRP-SF factor, which accounted for the majority variance of all four SRP-SF first-order factors, also accounted for 50% of the variance in a latent Criminal Behavior factor. Taken together, findings support use of the SRP-SF to assess psychopathic features in a moderately large sample of Belgium women.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, University of Ghent, De Pintelaan 185 K12, 9000, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Declercq
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, 311280, Denton, TX, 76209.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, 311280, Denton, TX, 76209.
authors.forename: Craig S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D003415:Crime / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000066479:Criminal Behavior; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D010555:Personality Inventory; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Self-Report Psychopathy Scale-4; community; criminality; females; forensic science; psychopathy