Citation

Issa MA, Falkenbach DM, Trupp GF, Campregher JG, Lap J. Pers. Individ. Dif. 2017; 105: 64-69.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.035

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Cross-cultural and cross-gender evaluation of psychopathy is limited. This study investigated the construct of psychopathy and the Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised (PPI-R; Lilienfeld & Widows, 2005) in a mixed gender Lebanese sample. Lebanese college students demonstrated higher scores on PPI-R-Total and PPI-II subscales than the American normative sample from the PPI-R manual. Lebanese women scored higher than men on Coldheartedness and Stress Immunity, whereas men scored higher on Fearlessness and Machiavellian Egocentricity. PPI-R factor scales demonstrated questionable internal consistency and were not orthogonal. Aggression, antisocial traits, and borderline traits positively correlated with PPI-II, however anxiety did not. Borderline traits were associated with PPI-I for women.

RESULTS call into question the assessment and construct of psychopathy in this Arab, collectivist culture.

Language: en