Are you telling the truth? Psychopathy assessment and impression management in a community sample

James E Freeman; Freya Samson

doi:10.2174/1874917801205010016

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Are you telling the truth? Psychopathy assessment and impression management in a community sample

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Are you telling the truth? Psychopathy assessment and impression management in a community sample

James E Freeman and Freya Samson

Open Criminology Journal, Vol.5, pp.16-23

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2174/1874917801205010016

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Criminology

psychopathy

impression management

assessment

Objectives: Researchers have suggested that approximately 1% of individuals within the community have psychopathic tendencies (Neumann and Hare, 2008), although confirmatory evidence is scant. Design: The current study aimed to extend previous research beyond university student samples to explore the effect of impression management and self-deception on the identification of psychopathic traits. Methods: A non-incarcerated community sample comprising of 300 adults completed the Self-Reported Psychopathy scale - version 3 (SRP-III; Paulhus, Hemphill & Hare, in press) as well as the Paulhus Deception Scales (PDS; Paulhus, 1998). Results: Results indicated that at least 1% of the current community sample had clear psychopathic tendencies, and that such tendencies were found in younger males who mis-used alcohol. Conclusions: Importantly, individuals with psychopathic traits did not present with an inflated propensity to distort assessment responses, which provides support for future research endeavours that aim to conduct larger-scale psychopathy assessments within the community. This paper further outlines the study implications in regards to the practical assessment of psychopathy.

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Title: Are you telling the truth? Psychopathy assessment and impression management in a community sample
Authors: James E Freeman (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Freya Samson (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Open Criminology Journal, Vol.5, pp.16-23
Publisher: Bentham Open
Date published: 2012
DOI: 10.2174/1874917801205010016
ISSN: 1874-9178
Copyright note: Copyright © Freeman and Samson; Licensee Bentham Open. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/- licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450656702621
Output Type: Journal article

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