Abstract: The present research tested the dimensionality and cross-cultural differential item functioning of the Short Dark Tetrad (SD4; Paulhus et al., 2021) in samples of university students (total N = 804) from Italy (N = 268), ...
Abstract: The “Dirty Dozen” is a popular, brief, self-report scale to capture individual differences in the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy). While the scale has good psychometric properties, there ...
Aetiology and life-course of conduct disorder in childhood: Risk factors for the development of an antisocial personality disorderSummary:Objectives: Conduct disorders are among the most common disorders encountered in child and adolescent psychiatry. ...
The impact of emotional stimuli on working memory in female delinquent juvenilesSummary:Objective: This paper focuses on the objective to what extent detained girls exhibit deficits with respect to spatial working memory. Moreover, this study ...
Psychopathy, temperament and antisocial behaviour in girlsObjective: This study addresses the question whether temperament and character differ between antisocial incarcerated girls with and without psychopathy. Furthermore, it inquires whether this ...
Epidemiological data on personality dimensions in the psychopathy of adolescent boys and girls – results of the Cologne GAP StudyObjective: This paper evaluates epidemiological data on psychopathy dimensions among adolescents. Method: The Psychopathy ...
ADHD and conduct disorders – trends in the German-speaking countriesSince 2009 trends in research and practice have been described for externalising disorders (ADHD and conduct disorders) in the German-speaking countries. In particular, publications of ...
Does the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) identify a clinically relevant subgroup among young offenders?Abstract.Objective: Does the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory identify one or more high-risk ...
Ein negatives Erziehungsverhalten, besonders inkonsistentes Verhalten und ein geringes elterliches Engagement, gelten als wichtige Risikofaktoren für aggressives Verhalten von Kindern. Im Zusammenhang mit affektiven Auffälligkeiten, wie Affektarmut und ...
Application of Schema Therapy in ForensicsAbstract.Personality disorders are frequent among forensic populations. Cluster B disorders are generally associated with an increased risk of re-offending and even more so if, in addition, the criteria for ...
From «Psychopathy» to «Personality Disorder» – Conceptual History of a Problematic Field within PsychiatryAbstract. The issue of personality disorders addresses fundamental questions of psychiatry: Is there a clear boundary between normal behaviour and ...
The German Version of the “Psychopathic Personality Inventory” (PPI) - psychometric properties and validation of the authorized German versionAbstract. Psychopathy is the most relevant predictor for an individual prognosis of delinquency. Until now, ...
The Dirty Dozen and the Naughty Nine: Short scales for the assessment of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathyWhen assessing personality dimensions, potentially negative characteristics are often given little attention. However, they are of ...
Construct Validity and Factor Structure of the German Version of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) in a Representative School SampleAbstract. The present study examined the construct validity and factor structure of the German version of the ...
Zusammenfassung. Das Psychopathiekonzept wird zunehmend häufiger auch bei Kindern und Jugendlichen diskutiert. Es zeigt sich, dass Kinder mit Psychopathiemerkmalen schwerwiegenderes und vielfältigeres aggressiv-dissoziales Verhalten zeigen. Durch die ...
Personality disorders in adolescence: Controversy and perspectivesThe focus of this paper was to illustrate the recent controversy on personality disorders in youth and to outline trends for the German speaking countries in research and clinical practice ...
PsychopathyDuring the past years the conceptual design “Psychopathy” has been specified for childhood and adolescence. It offers the chance to describe and classify extreme forms of aggressive-dissocial behavior. Phenotypes, prevalence rates, and follow-...
The psychopathy concept in girls: A conceptual issueThe present study examines the validity of the psychopathy concept in delinquent girls and addresses the question of the extent to which differences between girls with psychopathy traits and girls ...
Validation of the German translation of the Psychopathy Personality Inventory (PPI)Abstract.Background: There is no German-language self-report instrument for the personality construct “psychopathy”. The Psychopathy Personality Inventory (PPI) (...
Assessment of Psychopathic Traits in Criminals: Internal Consistency and Differential Validity of the German Version of the PPI-R in Forensic Inpatients and PrisonersThe Psychopathic Personality Inventory Revised (PPI-R) has so far only been validated in ...