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    Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey

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    Lilienfeld, SO; Latzman, RD; Watts, AL; Smith, SF; Dutton, K
    Date
    2014-07-22
    Source Title
    Frontiers in Psychology
    Publisher
    FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Lilienfeld, Scott
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    Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
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    Lilienfeld, S. O., Latzman, R. D., Watts, A. L., Smith, S. F. & Dutton, K. (2014). Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 5 (JUL), https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00740.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/257682
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    10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00740
    Abstract
    Although the traits of psychopathic personality (psychopathy) have received extensive attention from researchers in forensic psychology, psychopathology, and personality psychology, the relations of these traits to aspects of everyday functioning are poorly understood. Using a large internet survey of members of the general population (N = 3388), we examined the association between psychopathic traits, as measured by a brief but well-validated self-report measure, and occupational choice, political orientation, religious affiliation, and geographical residence. Psychopathic traits, especially those linked to fearless dominance, were positively and moderately associated with holding leadership and management positions, as well as high-risk occupations. In addition, psychopathic traits were positively associated with political conservatism, lack of belief in God, and living in Europe as opposed to the United States, although the magnitudes of these statistical effects were generally small in magnitude. Our findings offer preliminary evidence that psychopathic personality traits display meaningful response penetration into daily functioning, and raise provocative questions for future research.

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