Simon Fraser University.
Mid Sweden University.
J Pers. 2018 Aug;86(4):577-589. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12337. Epub 2017 Sep 11.
The triarchic model of psychopathy (Patrick, Fowles, & Krueger, 2009) posits that psychopathic personality comprises three domains: boldness, meanness, and disinhibition. The present study aimed to clarify conceptual overlap between contemporary definitions of psychopathy, with particular emphasis given to the relevance of boldness (i.e., social dominance, venturesomeness, emotional resiliency)-a topic of recent debate.
Undergraduate students (N = 439) compared the lexical similarity of triarchic domains with two contemporary models of psychopathy: the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP; Cooke, Hart, Logan, & Michie, 2012) and the Five-Factor Model of psychopathy (FFM; Widiger & Lynam, 1998).
From a content validity perspective, meanness and disinhibition were lexically similar to both the CAPP and FFM psychopathy, whereas boldness was less strongly associated with these models. Meanness showed the strongest lexical similarity in comparison with past prototypicality ratings of the CAPP and FFM psychopathy.
These findings bear implications for defining and comparing conceptualizations of psychopathy that underpin its assessment.
心理变态的三因素模型（Patrick、Fowles 和 Krueger，2009）认为，心理变态人格由三个领域组成：大胆、卑鄙和抑制缺失。本研究旨在澄清心理变态的当代定义之间的概念重叠，特别强调大胆（即社会支配、冒险精神、情绪弹性）的相关性，这是最近争论的一个话题。
本研究纳入了 439 名本科生，他们比较了三因素领域与两种当代心理变态模型（全面心理变态人格评估问卷，即 CAPP；Cooke、Hart、Logan 和 Michie，2012；五因素心理变态模型，即 FFM；Widiger 和 Lynam，1998）之间的词汇相似性。
从内容效度的角度来看，卑鄙和抑制缺失与 CAPP 和 FFM 心理变态都具有词汇相似性，而大胆与这些模型的关联则较弱。与 CAPP 和 FFM 心理变态过去的原型性评分相比，卑鄙具有最强的词汇相似性。
这些发现对定义和比较心理变态的概念化具有影响，这些概念化是心理变态评估的基础。
