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Supplemental Material for Does Response Distortion Statistically Affect the Relations Between Self-Report Psychopathy Measures and External Criteria?

·2016·Psychological Assessment
DOI 10.1037/pas0000168.supp
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Abstract

Given that psychopathy is associated with narcissism, lack of insight, and pathological lying, the assumption that the validity of self-report psychopathy measures is compromised by response distortion has been widespread.We examined the statistical effects (moderation, suppression) of response distortion on the validity of self-report psychopathy measures in the statistical prediction of theoretically relevant external criteria (i.e., interview measures, laboratory tasks) in a large sample of offenders (N ϭ 1,661).We conducted 378 moderation and 378 suppression analyses to examine the response distortion hypothesis.The substantial majority of analyses (97% moderation, 83% suppression) offered no support for this hypothesis.Nevertheless, suppression analyses revealed consistent evidence that controlling for response distortion slightly increased the relations between the fearless dominance and coldheartedness features of psychopathy and maladaptive outcomes.Our findings are largely inconsistent with the popular notion that the validity of self-report psychopathy measures is markedly diminished by response distortion.Further research is necessary to determine whether these findings generalize to other populations or contexts.

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Venue
Psychological Assessment
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2015-06-29
ISSN
  • 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-134X
DOI
10.1037/pas0000168.supp
OpenAlex
W4239703841
Cited by
2
References
62
Citations by year
2019: 1 · 2017: 1
Type
supplementary materials
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH63783-01A1, RO1 MH63783 -01A1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Keywords
psychopathy, response distortion, validity, moderation analysis, fearless dominance, coldheartedness, offenders, laboratory exercises

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