Reconstruing the "reconstruction" of psychopathy: a comment on Cooke, Michie, Hart, and Clark |
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Authors: | Neumann Craig S Vitacco Michael J Hare Robert D Wupperman Peggilee |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA. csn0001@unt.edu |
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Abstract: | In this comment we highlight critical problems in the estimation of parameters for their hierarchical three-factor model of psychopathy, as assessed with the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, and their interpretation of these factors as causally related to socially deviant behavior. We argue that there is nothing "causal" about a model in which cross-sectional data are used to assert that antisocial tendencies are consequences of other more fundamental psychopathic traits. We present an equally viable model, based on the PCL-R four-factor solution, in which antisocial tendencies play a fundamental role in the construct of psychopathy, consistent with previous research and clinical tradition. |
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