Introduction and validation of Psychopathic Personality Traits Scale (PPTS) in a large prison sample

Daniel Boduszek, Agata Debowska, Katie Dhingra and Matt DeLisi

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2016, vol. 46, issue C, 9-17

Abstract: The aim of this study was to create and validate a brief self-report scale of psychopathic personality traits for research purposes which would grasp the essence of a psychopathic personality, regardless of respondents' age, gender, cultural background, and criminal history.

Keywords: Psychopathy; Psychopathic Personality Traits Scale (PPTS); Prison population; Multitrait-multimethod analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.004

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