PSYCH 3CC3 Chapter Notes -Psychopathy Checklist, Psychopathic Personality Inventory, Antisocial Personality Disorder
15 Dec 2013
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Psychopathy - a personality disorder defined by a collection of interpersonal, a ffective and behavioural characteristics, including manipulation, lack of remors e or empathy, impulsivity and antisocial behaviours. Use vulnerable victims for their own benefit, use char ming or violent and manipulative methods. Harvey cleckley (1976) provided one of the most comprehensive descriptions of ps ychopaths, ranging from positive features, emotional-interpersonal features and behavioural problems, 16 features in total. Hare (1991, 2003) - created the hare psychopathy checklist. Hare psychopathy checklist - revised (pcl-r) - the most popular method of assess ing psychopathy in adults. 20 item rating scale, uses a semi-structured intervie w and a review of file information to assess 1- interpersonal, 2- affective and. Scoring is on 3 points, 0, 1, 2. 0 indicating the sympton does not apply, 1 indi cating the symptom applies to some extent and 2 indicating that the symptom defi nitely applies.
