TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconstruing the "reconstruction" of psychopathy
T2 - A comment on Cooke, Michie, Hart, and Clark
AU - Neumann, Craig S.
AU - Vitacco, Michael J.
AU - Hare, Robert D.
AU - Wupperman, Peggilee
PY - 2005/3/23
Y1 - 2005/3/23
N2 - In this comment on Cooke, Michie, Hart, and Clark (2004) we highlight critical problems in the estimation of parameters for their hierarchical three-factor model of psychopathy, as assessed with the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R; Hare, 1991, 2003), and their interpretation of these factors as causally related to socially deviant behavior. We argue that there is nothing "causal" about a model in which cross-sectional data are used to assert that antisocial tendencies are consequences of other more fundamental psychopathic traits. We present an equally viable model, based on the PCL-R four-factor solution (Hare, 2003), in which antisocial tendencies play a fundamental role in the construct of psychopathy, consistent with previous research and clinical tradition.
AB - In this comment on Cooke, Michie, Hart, and Clark (2004) we highlight critical problems in the estimation of parameters for their hierarchical three-factor model of psychopathy, as assessed with the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R; Hare, 1991, 2003), and their interpretation of these factors as causally related to socially deviant behavior. We argue that there is nothing "causal" about a model in which cross-sectional data are used to assert that antisocial tendencies are consequences of other more fundamental psychopathic traits. We present an equally viable model, based on the PCL-R four-factor solution (Hare, 2003), in which antisocial tendencies play a fundamental role in the construct of psychopathy, consistent with previous research and clinical tradition.
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U2 - 10.1521/pedi.2005.19.6.624
DO - 10.1521/pedi.2005.19.6.624
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16553559
AN - SCOPUS:33645224258
SN - 0885-579X
VL - 19
SP - 624
EP - 640
JO - Journal of Personality Disorders
JF - Journal of Personality Disorders
IS - 6
ER -