title: Identifying Essential Features of Juvenile Psychopathy in the Prediction of Later Antisocial Behavior: Is There an Additive, Synergistic, or Curvilinear Role for Fearless Dominance?
abstract: Despite years of research, and inclusion of psychopathy DSM-5, there remains debate over the fundamental components of psychopathy. Although there is agreement about traits related to Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, there is less agreement about traits related to Fearless Dominance (FD) or Boldness. The present paper uses proxies of FD and Self-centered Impulsivity (SCI) to examine the contribution of FD-related traits to the predictive utility of psychopathy in a large, longitudinal, sample of boys to test four possibilities: FD 1. assessed earlier is a risk factor, 2. interacts with other risk-related variables to predict later psychopathy, 3. interacts with SCI interact to predict outcomes, and 4. bears curvilinear relations to outcomes. SCI received excellent support as a measure of psychopathy in adolescence; however, FD was unrelated to criteria in all tests. It is suggested that FD be dropped from psychopathy and that future research focus on Agreeableness and Conscientiousness.
authors.affiliation: Purdue University.
authors.forename: Colin E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Vize
authors.affiliation: Purdue University.
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lynam
authors.affiliation: University of Georgia.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamkin
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
authors.forename: Joshua D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
authors.forename: Dustin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pardini
keywords: Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Fearless Dominance; Pittsburgh Youth Study; psychopathy