Linking the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy to the

Linking the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy to the MMPI-2 -RF Jade A. 1 Petty , Dustin B. Wygant, 1 Ph. D. , Martin Sellbom, 1 Eastern Kentucky University 2 The Australian National University Introduction Method § Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by deficits in: § Affect: callous, poor affect recognition, low stress, fearlessness § Interpersonal functioning: poor attachment, domineering, conning/manipulative § Behavior: aggression, irresponsibility, impulsivity Participants § 139 incarcerated male offenders § Age: 34. 5 (SD = 9. 9) § Education: 12. 0 (SD = 1. 2) § Ethnicity: 59% Caucasian, 37% African-American, 4% other ethnicity § Offenses: 63% violent [25% homicide-related], 25% sexual offenses, 22% drug-offenses § Psychopathy has been assessed using a variety of instruments: § Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) § Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI-R) § Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (Tri. PM) § Patrick, Fowles, and Krueger (2009) developed the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy to tie in various theories and assessment models of the disorder § Captures the phenotypic variance of psychopathy in three domains: § Boldness: Fearlessness, dominance, and proneness for risk-taking § Meanness: Callousness, explotativeness, and poor attachment § Disinhibition: Deficient behavioral constraint, aggression, and a lack of planfulness The Current Study § Goal of the current study was to examine how the MMPI-2 Restructured Form scales load onto the Triarchic domains of psychopathy § We hypothesized: § Boldness would be associated with scales capturing low fear (MSF [-]), assertiveness (IPP [-], AGGR-R), low stress/anxiety (NEGE-R [-], AXY [-], STW [-]) § Meanness would be associated with scales capturing aggression (AGG, AGGR-R), anger (ANP), poor attachment (DSF) § Disinhibition would be associated with scales capturing antisociality (RC 4, JCP, BXD), 2 Ph. D. Measures § Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 2003) § Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised (PPI-R; Lilienfeld & Widows, 2005) § Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (Tri. PM; Patrick, 2010) § Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2 -RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011) Results Exploratory Structural Equation Model § Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) to identify the Triarchic constructs § Indicators: § 4 facets of the PCL-R § 8 content scales of the PPI-R § 3 scales of the Tri. PM § Model exhibited mediocre fit (CFI=. 91, RMSEA=. 10, SRMR=. 045) § Factor loadings conformed to a conceptually accepted pattern § Model was accepted as a latent representation of the triarchic psychopathy domains (Boldness, Meanness, Disinhibition) Correlational analyses § We correlated the 3 latent triarchic factors with the MMPI 2 -RF substantive scales Triarchic Boldness EID THD BXD RCd RC 1 RC 2 RC 3 RC 4 RC 6 RC 7 RC 8 RC 9 -. 50. 010. 30 -. 39 -. 31 -. 39. 04. 11. 001 -. 36 -. 08. 33 Meanness -. 22 Disinhibition. 48 -. 02. 33 Triarchic Boldness Meanness Disinhibition MLS. 11. 21. 04 Triarchic Boldness Meanness Disinhibition SUI -. 01 -. 08. 17 . 33. 76 GIC -. 33 -. 17. 07 HLP -. 24 -. 09. 38 Triarchic Boldness Meanness Disinhibition JCP. 15. 19. 53 Triarchic Boldness Meanness Disinhibition AGGR-r. 46. 31. 46 HPC -. 20 -. 15. 25 SFD -. 47 -. 23. 36 SUB. 08. 12. 49 -. 19. 56 NUC -. 18 -. 03. 20 NFC -. 41 -. 16. 50 AGG. 11. 25. 68 PSYC-r -. 05 -. 08. 26 -. 15 -. 08. 06. 24. 18. 47 . 05. 39 -. 27 -. 11. 218. 54. 33. 67 COG -. 11. 02. 54 STW -. 38 -. 24. 50 ACT -. 04 -. 21. 28 . 21. 70 ANP. 01. 22. 66 FML -. 06. 001. 46 DISC-r. 37. 38. 65 AXY -. 19 -. 20. 31 IPP -. 34 -. 14 -. 25 NEGE-r -. 42 -. 24. 56 BRF -. 13. 01. 21 SAV -. 34 -. 02 -. 03 MSF -. 32 -. 31. 07 SHY -. 39 -. 19. 28 DSF -. 03 -. 19. 27 AES. 16 -. 17 -. 11 MEC. 08 -. 002. 06 INTR-r -. 33. 007 -. 03 *Bolding indicates significant correlations Discussion The triarchic model can be captured using the MMPI-2 -RF Boldness: • Associated with low fear (MSF), social dominance (IPP, AGGR-R), and low negative emotionality (NEGE-R, AXY, STW) Meanness: • Associated with aggression (AGG, AGGR-R, anger (ANP, ) and poor attachment (DSF) • Results were not as strong as the other two domains Disinhibition: • Associated with antisocial behavior (RC 4, JCP, BXD), poor behavioral