Abstract
The association between psychopathy and crime is established, but the specific components of the personality disorders that most contribute to crime are largely unknown. Drawing on data from 723 confined delinquents in Missouri, the present study delved into the eight subscales of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Short Form to empirically assess the specific aspects of the disorder that are most responsible for explaining variation in career delinquency. Blame externalization emerged as the strongest predictor of career delinquency in ordinary least squares regression, logistic regression, and t-test models. Fearlessness and carefree nonplanfulness were also significant in all models. Other features of psychopathy, such as stress immunity, social potency, and coldheartedness were weakly and inconsistently predictive of career delinquency. Implications of these findings for the study of psychopathy and delinquent careers are discussed in this article.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1415-1430 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 Dec 12 |
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- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Applied Psychology
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Not my fault : Blame externalization is the psychopathic feature most associated with pathological delinquency among confined delinquents. / Delisi, Matt; Angton, Alexia; Vaughn, Michael George; Trulson, Chad R.; Caudill, Jonathan W.; Beaver, Kevin M.
In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 58, No. 12, 12.12.2014, p. 1415-1430.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T2 - Blame externalization is the psychopathic feature most associated with pathological delinquency among confined delinquents
AU - Delisi, Matt
AU - Angton, Alexia
AU - Vaughn, Michael George
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AU - Caudill, Jonathan W.
AU - Beaver, Kevin M.
PY - 2014/12/12
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N2 - The association between psychopathy and crime is established, but the specific components of the personality disorders that most contribute to crime are largely unknown. Drawing on data from 723 confined delinquents in Missouri, the present study delved into the eight subscales of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Short Form to empirically assess the specific aspects of the disorder that are most responsible for explaining variation in career delinquency. Blame externalization emerged as the strongest predictor of career delinquency in ordinary least squares regression, logistic regression, and t-test models. Fearlessness and carefree nonplanfulness were also significant in all models. Other features of psychopathy, such as stress immunity, social potency, and coldheartedness were weakly and inconsistently predictive of career delinquency. Implications of these findings for the study of psychopathy and delinquent careers are discussed in this article.
AB - The association between psychopathy and crime is established, but the specific components of the personality disorders that most contribute to crime are largely unknown. Drawing on data from 723 confined delinquents in Missouri, the present study delved into the eight subscales of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Short Form to empirically assess the specific aspects of the disorder that are most responsible for explaining variation in career delinquency. Blame externalization emerged as the strongest predictor of career delinquency in ordinary least squares regression, logistic regression, and t-test models. Fearlessness and carefree nonplanfulness were also significant in all models. Other features of psychopathy, such as stress immunity, social potency, and coldheartedness were weakly and inconsistently predictive of career delinquency. Implications of these findings for the study of psychopathy and delinquent careers are discussed in this article.
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