Investigating psychopathic personality disorder in women
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Investigating Investigating psychopathic personality psychopathic personality disorder in womendisorder in women
Mette Kreis, M.Sc.Postgraduate Research Student Glasgow Caledonian University
Scottish Personality Disorder NetworkWorkshop, Aberdeen, 29 May 2008
Workshop outlineWorkshop outline
1. Psychopathy and gender2. Introduction to the CAPP3. Interactive CAPP activity4. Presentation of research findings5. Questions and discussion
Psychopathy and genderPsychopathy and gender
Background for PhD research
PsychopathyPsychopathy
Measuring psychopathyMeasuring psychopathy
Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare,1991, 2003)
2 Factor model 3 Factor model (Cooke & Michie) 4 Factor model(s)
Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV; Hart et al., 1995)
Psychopathy in menPsychopathy in men
Psychopathy in womenPsychopathy in women
Problems with PCL-R…Problems with PCL-R…
Mainly validated with male offenders
Not content validated on women
Different factor structure across gender
Differential expression of some items
PCL-R reliable with women?
PCL-R valid with women?
No conceptual framework for women
No measurement framework
BACK TO BASICS!
Forouzan & Cooke (2005)Forouzan & Cooke (2005)
Introduction to the CAPPIntroduction to the CAPP
The Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP; Cooke, Hart, Logan, & Michie)
Interactive CAPP activityInteractive CAPP activity
1.Match symptoms with domains
2.Which symptoms do you feel are most relevant to psychopathy?
3.Which (if any) do you feel are most relevant to psychopathy in men and in women?
Presentation of research Presentation of research findingsfindings
Prototypical analysis of psychopathy across gender
Study aimsStudy aims
Map domain of symptoms ofpsychopathy in women
Content validate the CAPP across gender
BIRD
FliesWings Feathers
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ParticipantsParticipants
MeasureMeasure
6) LACKS EMOTIONAL DEPTH
How prototypical is this symptom of psychopathy? Low prototypicality High prototypicality1 2 3 4 5 6
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Is this symptom more prototypical of psychopathy…IN MEN Equally prototypical IN
WOMEN1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Prototypical Psychopathy Unempathic
Self-centred
Uncaring
Deceitful
Manipulative
Unreliable
Self-aggrandizing
Insincere
Lacks remorse
Sense of entitlement
Self-justifying
Lacks emotional depth
Results: General ratingsResults: General ratings
Self-aggrandizing (1.02)
Sense of invulnerability (.99)
Domineering (.77)
Reckless (.73)
Aggressive (.71)
Lacks emotional stability (.66)
Unstable self-concept (.60)
Manipulative (.23)
Results: Gender differencesResults: Gender differences
Self-centred
Deceitful
Uncaring
ManipulativeUnreliableInsincere
Lacks remorse
Sense of entitlement
Self-justifying
Lacks emotional depth
Unempathic
More manipulative?
More emotionally unstable?
More unstable self-concept?
Prototypical psychopathic woman?
What do the results mean?What do the results mean?
More men are psychopathic?Or are we just less able to recognise the disorderin women?
Assessor gender bias?Men are aggressive, women are emotionallyunstable
Real gender differences in psychopathy?
ConclusionsConclusions
CAPP promising tool for assessingpsychopathy across gender
More marked gender differences inmanifestation of symptoms?
Gender awareness in assessment ofpsychopathy is essential!
Practical implications for Practical implications for assessing psychopathy in womenassessing psychopathy in women
Do not expect to see the same presentationof psychopathy in women as in men
Be aware of your own potential male“psychopathy prototype” bias
For now, use assessment tools to aidformulation not diagnose!
Questions and discussionQuestions and discussion
QuestionsQuestions
1. What mechanisms might operate to create gender differences in psychopathy? (or in PD generally)
2. Why would psychopathy be different from other PDs in terms of gender differences? (Hare says it is!)
Mette Kreis Glasgow Caledonian UniversityPsychology DepartmentCowcaddens RoadGlasgow, G4 0BATel: 0141 331 8853Fax: 0141 331 [email protected]