Antonella Somma1, Andrea Fossati1, Stefano Ferracuti2, Vincenzo Caretti3, Domenico Montalbò4, Donatella La Tegola4, Felice Carabellese4. 1. Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. 2. Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 3. Department of Human Studies, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy. 4. Sezione di Criminologia e Psichiatria Forense, Dipartimento Interdisciplinare di Medicina, Università degli Studi Aldo Moro di Bari, Italy.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed at testing the relationships between measures of psychopathy and measures of the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) domains in a sample of female offenders who were serving their sentences in Italian prisons. METHOD: Thirty-eight Italian adult female inmates were underwent the Italian versions of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) and of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Informant Report Form (PID-5-IRF). RESULTS: According to MM robust regression analysis results, high scores on the PID-5-IRF Disinhibition domain scale and low scores on the PID-5-IRF Anxiousness trait scale were significant and substantial predictors of the PCL-R total score. CONCLUSIONS: As a whole, our findings support the hypothesis that assessing the DSM-5 AMPD domains (and traits) may be important for tracking psychopathy in female inmates.
OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed at testing the relationships between measures of psychopathy and measures of the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) domains in a sample of female offenders who were serving their sentences in Italian prisons. METHOD: Thirty-eight Italian adult female inmates were underwent the Italian versions of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) and of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Informant Report Form (PID-5-IRF). RESULTS: According to MM robust regression analysis results, high scores on the PID-5-IRF Disinhibition domain scale and low scores on the PID-5-IRF Anxiousness trait scale were significant and substantial predictors of the PCL-R total score. CONCLUSIONS: As a whole, our findings support the hypothesis that assessing the DSM-5 AMPD domains (and traits) may be important for tracking psychopathy in female inmates.
Authors: Felice Carabellese; Alan R Felthous; Ilaria Rossetto; Donatella La Tegola; Filippo Franconi; Roberto Catanesi Journal: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Date: 2018-06