Self-Report Measures of Psychopathy: What is their Role in Forensic Assessments?

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 380-391

  Kelsey, Katherine R ^a   Rogers, Richard ^b   Robinson, Emily V ^b  

^a Dallas County Health Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

LSRP; PCL R; Positive impression management; PPI R; Psychopathy; Psychopathy Checklist Revised; SRP 4

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEVENSON SELF REPORT PSYCHOPATHY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED SOCIAL DESIRABILITY PSYCHOPATHY INDEX; OFFENDER; PAULHUS DECEPTION SCALE; POSITIVE IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY REVISED; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORT PSYCHOPATHY SCALE FOURTH EDITION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL INFLUENCE SCALE; STRESS; THINKING; VIRTUOUS RESPONDING SCALE;

EID: 84938874417     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9475-5     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Bewsey, K. (2013). Exploring psychopathic personality traits and moral development in a non-criminal sample. Unpublished dissertation, Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
2. Book, A. S., Quinsey, V. L., & Langford, D. (2007). Psychopathy and the perception of affect and vulnerability. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34(4), 531–544. doi:10.1177/0093854806293554.
3. Brinkley, C. A., Schmitt, W. A., Smith, S. S., & Newman, J. P. (2001). Construct validation of a self-report psychopathy scale: does Levenson’s self-report psychopathy scale measure the same constructs as Hare’s psychopathy checklist-revised? Personality and Individual Differences, 31, 1021–1038. doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00178-1.
4. Campbell, D. T., & Fiske, D. W. (1959). Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait multimethod matrix. Psychological Bulletin, 56, 81–105. doi:10.1037/h0046016.
5. Cooke, D.J., Hart, S.D., & Logan, C. (2004). Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality - institutional rating scale (CAPP-IRS). Unpublished manuscript.
6. Copestake, S., Gray, N. S., & Snowden, R. J. (2011). A comparison of a self-report measure of psychopathy with the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in a UK sample of offenders. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 22(2), 169–182. doi:10.1080/14789949.2010.545134.
7. Edens, J. F., Buffington, J. K., & Tomicic, T. L. (2000). An investigation of the relationship between psychopathic traits and malingering on the Psychopathic Personality Inventory. Assessment, 7(3), 281–296. doi:10.1177/107319110000700307.
8. Edens, J., Buffington, J., Tomicic, T., & Riley, B. (2001). Effects of positive impression management on the Psychopathic Personality Inventory. Law and Human Behavior, 25(3), 235–256. doi:10.1023/A:1010793810896.
9. Forth, A. E., Kosson, D. S., & Hare, R. D. (2003). Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.
10. Hare, R. D. (1980). The Psychopathy Checklist. Vancouver: University of British Columbia. Unpublished manuscript.
11. Hare, R. D. (1985). Comparison of procedures for the assessment of psychopathy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 53, 7–16. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.53.1.7.
12. Hare, R. D. (1991). The hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.
13. Hare, R. D. (2003). Manual for the hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (2nd ed.). Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.
14. Hare, R. D., & Neumann, C. S. (2006). The PCL-R assessment of psychopathy: development, structural properties, and new directions. In C. J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of psychopathy (pp. 58–88). New York: Guilford Press.
15. Hare, R. D., & Neumann, C. S. (2008). Psychopathy as a clinical and empirical construct. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 4, 217–246. doi:10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.3.022806.091452.
16. Hare, R. D., Harpur, T. J., & Hemphill, J. F. (1989). Scoring pamphlet for the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale: SRP-II. Vancouver: Simon Fraser University. Unpublished document.
17. Harlow, C. W. (2003). Special report: Education and correctional populations. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.
18. Hart, S. D., Cox, D. N., & Hare, R. D. (1995). Manual for the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.
19. Hoff, H., Rypdal, K., Hystad, S. W., Hart, S. D., Mykletun, A., Kreis, M. F., & Cooke, D. J. (2014). Cross-language consistency of the comprehensive assessment of psychopathic personality (CAPP) model. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. doi:10.1037/per0000069. Online publication.
20. Kelsey, K. R. (2014). The vulnerability of self-report measures of psychopathy to positive impression management: A simulation study with inmates. Denton: Department of Psychology, University of North Texas. Unpublished dissertation.
21. Lanyon, R. I., & Carle, A. C. (2007). Internal and external validity of scores on the balanced inventory of desirable responding and the paulhus deception scales. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 67, 859–876. doi:10.1177/0013164406299104.
22. Levenson, M. R., Kiehl, K. A., & Fitzpatrick, C. M. (1995). Assessing psychopathic attributes in a noninstitutionalized population. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 151–158. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.68.1.151.
23. Lilienfeld, S. O., & Fowler, K. A. (2006). The self-report assessment of psychopathy: Problems, pitfalls, and promises. In C. J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of psychopathy (pp. 107–132). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
24. Lilienfeld, S. O., & Widows, M. (2005). Manual for the Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised (PPI-R). Lutz: Psychological Assessment Resources.
25. Lynam, D. R., Whiteside, S., & Jones, S. (1999). Self-reported psychopathy: a validation study. Journal of Personality Assessment, 73(1), 110–132. doi:10.1207/S15327752JPA730108.
26. Malterer, M. B., Lilienfeld, S. O., Neumann, C. S., & Newman, J. P. (2010). Concurrent validity of the psychopathic personality inventory with offender and community samples. Assessment, 17(1), 3–15. doi:10.1177/1073191109349743.
27. Paulhus, D. L. (1998). Paulhus Deception Scales (PDS): the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding-7, user’s manual. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.
28. Paulhus, D. L., Neumann, C. S., & Hare, R. D. (2014). Manual for the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (4th Ed.). Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.
29. Porter, S., & Woodworth, M. (2006). Psychopathy and aggression. In C. J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of psychopathy (pp. 107–132). New York: Guilford Press.
30. Poythress, N. G., Lilienfeld, S. O., Skeem, J. L., Douglas, K. S., Edens, J. F., Epstein, M., & Patrick, C. J. (2010). Using the PCL-R to help estimate the validity of two self-report measures of psychopathy with offenders. Assessment, 17, 206–219. doi:10.1177/1073191109351715.
31. Ray, J. V., Hall, J., Rivera-Hudson, N., Poythress, N. G., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Morano, M. (2012). The relation between self-reported psychopathic traits and distorted response styles: a meta-analytic review. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 4(1), 1–14. doi:10.1037/a0026482.
32. Rogers, R., & Bender, S. D. (2013). Evaluation of malingering and related response styles. In R. K. Otto (Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of psychology: Forensic psychology (2nd ed., Vol. 11, pp. 517–539). Hoboken: Wiley.
33. Rogers, R., & Cruise, K. R. (1998). Assessment of malingering with simulation designs: threats to external validity. Law and Human Behavior, 22, 273–285. doi:10.1023/A:1025702405865.
34. Rogers, R., Vitacco, M. J., Jackson, R. L., Martin, M., Collins, M., & Sewell, K. W. (2002). Faking psychopathy? An examination of response styles with antisocial youth. Journal of Personality Assessment, 78(1), 31–46. doi:10.1207/S15327752JPA7801_03.
35. Rogstad, J. E., & Rogers, R. (2008). Gender differences in contributions of emotion to psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 1472–1484. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2008.09.004.
36. Salekin, R. T., Rogers, R., & Sewell, K. W. (1996). A review and meta-analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist and Psychopathy Checklist – Revised: predictive validity of dangerousness. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 3, 203–215. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2850.1996.tb00071.x.
37. Sandvik, A. M., Hansen, A. L., Kristensen, M., Johnsen, B., Logan, C., & Thornton, D. (2012). Assessment of psychopathy: inter-correlations between Psychopathy Checklist Revised, Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality—Institutional Rating Scale, and Self-Report of Psychopathy Scale–III. The International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 11(4), 280–288. doi:10.1080/14999013.2012.746756.
38. Seibert, L., Miller, J. D., Few, L. R., Zeichner, A., & Lynam, D. R. (2010). An examination of the structure of self-report psychopathy measures and their relations with general traits and externalizing behaviors. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 2(3), 193–208. doi:10.1037/a0019232.
39. Stein, L. R., & Rogers, R. (2008). Denial and misreporting of substance abuse. In R. Rogers (Ed.), Clinical assessment of malingering and deception (3rd ed., pp. 87–108). New York: Guilford Press.
40. Stevens, G. W., Deuling, J. K., & Armenakis, A. A. (2012). Successful psychopaths: are they unethical decision-makers and why? Journal of Business Ethics, 105(2), 139–149. doi:10.1007/s10551-011-0963-1.
41. Wechsler, D. (2008). Wechsler adult intelligence scale–fourth edition (WAIS-IV). San Antonio: NCS Pearson.
42. Wechsler, D. (2011). Wechsler abbreviated scale of intelligence–second edition (WASI-II). San Antonio: NCS Pearson.
43. Williams, K. M., Paulhus, D. L., & Hare, R. D. (2007). Capturing the four-factor structure of psychopathy in college students via self-report. Journal of Personality Assessment, 88, 205–219. doi:10.1080/00223890701268074.