Recent Advances in Psychopathy Research

Hare RD Neumann CS . Psychopathy: Assessment and forensic implications. Can J Psychiatry. 2010;54(12):791–802.

Lynam DR Hoyle RH Newman JP . The perils of partialling: Cautionary tales from aggression and psychopathy. Assessment. 2006;13:328–341.

Rogers R Vitacco MJ Jackson RL . Faking psychopathy? An examination of response styles with antisocial youth. J Pers Assess. 2002;78:31–46.

Murrie DC Boccaccini MT Turner DB . Rater (dis)agreement on risk assessment measures in sexually violent predator proceedings: Evidence of adversarial allegiance in forensic evaluation? Psychol Public Policy Law. Forthcoming.

Boccaccini MT Turner DB Murrie DC . Do some evaluators report consistently higher or lower PCL-R scores than others? Findings from a statewide sample of sexually violent predator evaluations. Psychol Public Policy Law. 2008;14:262–283.

Bolt DM Hare RD Vitale JE . A multigroup item response theory analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised. Psychol Assess. 2004;16:155–168.

Frick PJ . Extending the construct of psychopathy to youths: Implications for understanding, diagnosing, and treating antisocial children and adolescents. Can J Psychiatry. 2010;54(12):803–812.

Lynam DR . Pursuing the psychopath: Capturing the fledgling psychopath in a nomological net. J Abnorm Psychol. 1997;106:425–438.

Pardini D Obradoviæ J Loeber R. Interpersonal callousness, hyperactivity/impulsivity, inattention, and conduct problems as precursors to delinquency persistence in boys: A comparison of three grade-based cohorts. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2006;35:46–59.

Frick PJ Kimonis ER Dandreaux DM . The four-year stability of psychopathic traits in non-referred youth. Behav Sci Law. 2003;21:713–736.

Andershed H Hodgins S Tengström A. Convergent validity of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI): Association with the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV). Assessment. 2007;14:144–154.

Fanti KA Frick PJ Georgiou S. Linking callous-unemotional traits to instrumental and non-instrumental forms of aggression. J Psychopath Behav Assess. Forthcoming.

Kimonis ER Frick PJ Skeem J . Assessing callous-unemotional traits in adolescent offenders: Validation of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2008;31:241–251.

Woods CM . Careless responding to reverse-worded items: Implications for confirmatory factor analysis. J Psychopathol and Behav Assess. 2006;28:189–194.

Kosson DS Cyterski TD Steuerwald BL . The reliability and validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version in non-incarcerated adolescent males. Psychol Assess. 2002;14:97–109.

Schmidt F McKinnon L Chattha HK . Concurrent and predictive validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth version across gender and ethnicity. Psychol Assess. 2006;18:393–401.

Hipwell AE Pardini DA Loeber R . Callous-unemotional behaviors in young girls: Shared and unique effects relative to conduct problems. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2007;36:293–304.

UguetoAM. Psychopathy in delinquent girls: An examination of factor structure [dissertation]. [Columbus (OH)]: Ohio State University; 2005. Located at: Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering. 66(9-B), 2006;5108.

Viding E Blair RJR Moffitt TE . Evidence for substantial genetic risk for psychopathy in 7-year-olds. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2005;46:592–597.

Viding E Jones AP Frick PJ . Heritability of antisocial behaviour at 9: Do callous-unemotional traits matter? Dev Sci. 2008;11:17–22.

Viding E Frick PJ Plomin R. Aetiology of the relationship between callous-unemotional traits and conduct problems in childhood. Br J Psychiatry. 2007;190:s33–s38.

Blonigen DM Carlson SR Krueger RF . A twin study of self-reported psychopathic personality traits. Pers Individ Dif. 2003;35:179–197.

Blonigen DM Hicks BM Krueger RF . Psychopathic personality traits: Heritability and genetic overlap with internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. Psychol Med. 2005;35:637–648.

Brook M Kosson DS Sullivan EA . Psychopathic personality traits in middle-aged male twins: A behavior genetic investigation. J Pers Disord. Forthcoming.

Larsson H Tuvblad C Rijsdijk FV . A common genetic factor explains the association between psychopathic personality and antisocial behavior. Psychol Med. 2007;37:15–26.

Larsson H Andershed H Lichtenstein P. A genetic factor explains most of the variation in the psychopathic personality. J Abnorm Psychol. 2006;115:221–230.

Gao Y Glenn AL Schug RA . The neurobiology of psychopathy: A neurodevelopmental perspective. Can J Psychiatry. 2010;54(12):813–823.

Cornell AH Frick PJ . The moderating effects of parenting styles in the association between behavioral inhibition and parent-reported guilt and empathy in preschool children. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2007;36:305–318.

Pardini DA Loeber R. Interpersonal callousness trajectories across adolescence. Crim Justice Behav. 2008;35:173–196.

Edens JF Skopp NA Cahill MA . Psychopathic features moderate the relationship between harsh and inconsistent parental discipline and adolescent antisocial behavior. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2008;37:472–476.

Weiler BL Widom CS . Psychopathy and violent behaviour in abused and neglected young adults. Crim Behav Ment Health. 1996;6:253–271.

Krischer MK Sevecke K. Early traumatization and psychopathy in female and male juvenile offenders. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2008;31:253–262.

Caspi A McClay J Moffitt TE . Role of genotype in the cycle of violence in maltreated children. Science. 2002;297:851–854.

Rutter M Moffitt TE Caspi A. Gene–environment interplay and psychopathology: Multiple varieties but real effects. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2006;47:226–261.

Ishikawa SS Raine A Lencz T . Autonomic stress reactivity and executive functions in successful and unsuccessful criminal psychopaths from the community. J Abnorm Psychol. 2001;110:423–432.

Newman JP Schmitt WA Voss WD . The impact of motivationally neutral cues on psychopathic individuals: Assessing the generality of the response modulation hypothesis. J Abnorm Psychol. 1997;106:563–575.

Glass SJ Newman JP . Emotion processing in the criminal psychopath: The role of attention in emotion-facilitated memory. J Abnorm Psychol. 2009;118:229–234.

Kosson DS Miller SK Byrnes KA . Testing neuropsychological hypotheses for cognitive deficits in psychopathic criminals: A study of global-local processing. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2007;13:267–276.

Lopez ML Kosson DS Weissman DH . Interhemispheric integration in psychopaths. Neuropsychology. 2007;21:82–93.

Harris GT Rice ME Hilton NZ . Coercive and precocious sexuality as a fundamental aspect of psychopathy. J Pers Disord. 2007;21:1–27.

Williamson S Harpur TJ Hare RD . Abnormal processing of affective words by psychopaths. Psychophysiology. 1991;28:260–273.

Brinkley CA Newman JP Harpur TJ . Cohesion in texts produced by psychopathic and nonpsychopathic criminal inmates. Pers Individ Dif. 1999;26:873–885.

DeBrito SA Mechelli A Wilke M . Size matters: Increased grey matter in boys with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits. Brain. 2009;132(Pt 4):843–852.

Murrie DC Cornell DG . Psychopathy screening of incarcerated juveniles: A comparison of measures. Psychol Assess. 2002;14:390–396.

Burke JD Loeber R Lahey BB . Adolescent conduct disorder and interpersonal callousness as predictors of psychopathy in young adults. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2007;36:334–346.

Salekin RT Leistico AR Neumann CS . Psychopathy and comorbidity in a young offender sample: Taking a closer look at psychopathy's potential importance over disruptive behavior disorders. J Abnorm Psychol. 2004;113:416–427.

Walsh Z Swogger MT Kosson DS . Psychopathy and instrumental violence: Facet level relationships. J Pers Disord. 2009;23(4):416–424.

Walsh Z Allen LC Kosson DS . Beyond social deviance: Substance-specific relationships with PCL-R facets. J Pers Disord. 2007;21:273–288.