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Behavioral Correlates of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in a Non-Offender Sample

Mills, Courtney
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1534232785151225

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2018, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
This study examined the validity of a new self-report measure of psychopathy, the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM, Patrick, 2010). The TriPM scores of 165 undergraduates were correlated with a well-validated measure of psychopathy, the Psychopathy Personality Inventory Revised (PPI-R; Lilienfeld & Widows, 2005) to examine concurrent validity, a self-report measure of callous-unemotional traits, the Inventory of Callous Unemotional traits (ICU; Frick, 2004) to examine convergent validity, and a self-report measure of empathy, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI; Davis, 1980) to examine discriminant validity. In addition, participants were identified as risk-takers or non-risk takers based on their performance on a behavioral task and their scores on the TriPM were compared. Participants who engaged in risk-taking obtained higher scores on the TriPM Boldness and Meanness factors scores. In addition, the TriPM demonstrated adequate concurrent and convergent validity based on correlations with the PPI-R and ICU, and weak to moderate discriminant validity based on negative correlations with the IRI. These findings support the TriPM’s utility in measuring psychopathic features. In addition, the present study found that psychopathic features measured by the TriPM are associated with actual risk-taking behavior, which is conceptually related to psychopathy, adding further evidence of its validity in measuring psychopathic features.
Kathleen Hart, Psy.D., ABPP (Advisor)
Psychological Tests; Psychology
psychopathy; triarchic psychopathy measure; TriPM

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  • Mills, C. (2018). Behavioral Correlates of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in a Non-Offender Sample [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1534232785151225

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mills, Courtney . Behavioral Correlates of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in a Non-Offender Sample . 2018. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1534232785151225.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mills, Courtney . "Behavioral Correlates of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in a Non-Offender Sample ." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1534232785151225

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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