A latent variable analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised and behavioral inhibition system/behavioral activation system factors in North American and Swedish offenders.
| Autor: | Hoppenbrouwers SS; Department of Cognitive Psychology., Neumann CS; Department of Psychology, University of North Texas., Lewis J; Department of Psychology, University of North Texas., Johansson P; Center for Developmental Research, Department of Behavioral, Social, and Legal Sciences, Örebro University. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Personality disorders [Personal Disord] 2015 Jul; Vol. 6 (3), pp. 251-260. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 13. |
| DOI: | 10.1037/per0000115 |
| Abstrakt: | An influential neurobiological model of personality is the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, which postulates how basic motivational systems (behavioral activation system [BAS], behavioral inhibition system [BIS]) can help account for the development and expression of individual differences in personality. Earlier research has documented a link between psychopathic personality and the BIS/BAS scale (Carver & White, 1994), which was developed to measure the behavioral inhibition and activation systems. However, no studies have examined how latent BIS/BAS factors and the 4 empirically derived Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) psychopathy factors (Hare & Neumann, 2008) are associated across different cultures. In the current study, structural equation modeling was used to determine how the 4 PCL-R factors were able to predict BIS/BAS factors using 2 large independent samples of male offenders (North American N = 908; Swedish N = 242). The results were in line with theory and revealed a negative relationship between the PCL-R Affective factor and the BIS factor as well as positive relationships between the PCL-R Antisocial and Lifestyle factors with the BAS factor. Overall, the results of the current study provide evidence of cross-cultural generalizability for the associations between the PCL-R factors and the BIS-BAS factors. Taken together, the PCL-R psychopathy factors were able to account for meaningful variance in the BIS-BAS factors and further support a dimensional approach to understanding the psychopathy construct across cultures. ((c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved).) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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