Examining gender as moderating the association between psychopathy and substance abuse

Examining the Association Between the MMPI-2-RF Triarchic Psychopathy Scales and Suicidality in a Criminal Defendant Sample

“…Our results provided further evidence of the general association between psychopathy-related traits and suicide-related outcomes-although, with one exception, this association did not differ as a function of sex, which is consistent with prior research examining the triarchic facets in relation to suicide-related risk factors in community samples (Anestis et al, 2018). A similar pattern of results has been observed in the context of psychopathy and substance abuse (Sellbom et al, 2017).…”

Personality Disorder Features and Paraphilic Interests Among Undergraduates: Differential Relations and Potential Antecedents

“…Research suggests that males are markedly more inclined to endorse paraphilic interests compared with females (e.g., Dawson et al, 2016), but little to no research has examined the extent to which gender may moderate (i.e., statistically affect the magnitude or direction of) the relation between personality disorder features and paraphilic interests. The literature on gender differences in the expression of psychopathy has been decidedly mixed, with several intriguing findings that have yet to be independently replicated (Cale & Lilienfeld, 2002;Miller, Watts, & Jones, 2011; but see Schulz, Murphy, & Verona, 2016;Sellbom, Donnelly, Rock, Phillips, & Ben-Porath, 2016). In light of these inconsistent results, we tentatively anticipated that gender would not moderate the patterns of relations between psychopathy and paraphilic interests.…”

Psychopathic Traits and Deviant Sexual Interests: The Moderating Role of Gender

“…In general, the associations between psychopathic traits and a variety of externalizing behavior (e.g., aggression, substance abuse, and impulsivity) seem quite similar for men and women (Borroni, Somma, Andershed, Maffei, & Fossati, 2014;de Vogel & Lancel, 2016;Marion & Sellbom, 2011;Phillips, Sellbom, Ben-Porath, & Patrick, 2014;Sellbom et al, 2017;Warren & Burnette, 2013). However, prior studies have also highlighted meaningful gender differences in the associations between psychopathy and specific forms of aggression, with women being more likely to use relational (or social) aggression, and men being more prone to use physical aggression (Colins et al, 2017;Strand & Belfrage, 2005).…”

“…In addition, studies based in the general population can more easily allow the recruitment of larger samples, and the inclusion of more female participants, who are typically underrepresented in forensic and prison settings (Klein Tuente, de Vogel, & Stam, 2014). This seems particularly important because prior studies have been somewhat inconsistent about the similarities and differences in the nomological network surrounding psychopathy across gender (e.g., Sellbom, Donnelly, Rock, Phillips, & Ben-Porath, 2017), including the associations with deviant sexual interests (Watts et al, 2017b).…”