TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Neuropsychology of decision making and psychopathy in high-risk ex-offenders
JO  - Neuropsychology
A1  - Beszterczey, Sara
A1  - Nestor, Paul G.
A1  - Shirai, Ashley
A1  - Harding, Sean
SP  - 491
EP  - 497
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: We examined the relationship of socially maladaptive behaviors with decision making and psychopathy in a sample of 26 high-risk males recently released from incarceration who were currently clients in an offender reentry service program. METHOD: The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) provided measures of individual differences in decision making and psychopathy, respectively. RESULTS: The IGT and PCL-R each contributed differentially to specific socially disadvantageous outcomes, with poorer decision-making scores predicting recidivism at 3- to 6-month follow-up, and higher psychopathy linked to a retrospective measure of total lifetime incarceration. In addition, in relation to both nonrecidivist and control groups, recidivists showed a distinct pattern of IGT performance for the last 3 blocks of trials, characterized by a failure to learn from feedback and to modify their preferences to more advantageous decks of cards. In addition, the IGT and PCL-R correlated, with poorer decision making corresponding to higher ratings in psychopathy. CONCLUSIONS: The current findings may add to growing evidence of ecological validity of both decision making and psychopathy in relation to real-life outcome measures in high-risk individuals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-4105
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0033162
ID  - ref1
ER  -