Examining the Factor Structure of the Self-Report of Psychopathy Short-Form Across Four Young Adult Samples.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Psychopathy refers to a range of complex behaviors and personality traits, including callousness and antisocial behavior, typically studied in criminal populations. Recent studies have used self-reports to examine psychopathic traits among noncriminal samples. The goal of the current study was to examine the underlying factor structure of the Self-Report of Psychopathy Scale-Short Form (SRP-SF) across complementary samples and examine the impact of gender on factor structure. We examined the structure of the SRP-SF among 2,554 young adults from three undergraduate samples and a high-risk young adult sample. Using confirmatory factor analysis, a four-correlated factor model and a four-bifactor model showed good fit to the data. Evidence of weak invariance was found for both models across gender. These findings highlight that the SRP-SF is a useful measure of low-level psychopathic traits in noncriminal samples, although the underlying factor structure may not fully translate across men and women.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Dotterer, HL; Waller, R; Neumann, CS; Shaw, DS; Forbes, EE; Hariri, AR; Hyde, LW
Published Date
- December 2017
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 24 / 8
Start / End Page
- 1062 - 1079
PubMed ID
- 27052364
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC5053911
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1552-3489
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1073-1911
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1177/1073191116640355
Language
- eng