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Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Psychopathy Factors Assessed Via Self-Report

A Comparison of Three Instruments

University of Minnesota at Twin Cities benn0224{at}umn.edu

Christopher J. Patrick

University of Minnesota at Twin Cities

Randall T. Salekin

University of Alabama, rsalekin{at}bama.ua.edu

Anne-Marie R. Leistico

University of Alabama

Psychopathy has been conceptualized as a personality disorder with distinctive interpersonal-affective and behavioral deviance features. The authors examine correlates of the factors of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI), Self-Report Psychopathy-II (SRP-II) scale, and Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) to understand similarities and differences among the constructs embodied in these instruments. PPI Fearless Dominance and SRP-II Factor 1 were negatively related to most personality disorder symptoms and were both predicted by high Dominance and low Neuroticism. In addition, PPI Fearless Dominance correlated positively with antisocial personality features, although SRP-II Factor 1 did not. In contrast, PPI Impulsive Antisociality, SRP-II Factor 2, and both APSD factors correlated with antisocial personality features and symptoms of nearly all personality disorders, and were predicted by low Love. Results suggest ways in which the measurement of the constructs in each instrument may be improved.

Key Words: Psychopathic Personality Inventory • Self-Report Psychopathy-II scale • Antisocial Process Screening Device • psychopathy • self-report • nomological network

Assessment, Vol. 12, No. 3, 270-289 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1073191105277110


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