Is There a Relationship Between Psychopathic Traits and Racism?

Grigg, Kaine; Manderson, Lenore Hilda

doi:10.1007/s12144-014-9283-9

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“…Its links with peer victimization are reminiscent of a larger body of research that relates psychopathic traits and victimization (e.g., Fanti & Kimonis, 2012;Ragatz, Anderson, Fremouw, & Schwartz, 2011;though see Bender & Lösel, 2011). Additionally, the relation between SRP-psychopathy and right-wing extremist attitudes concurs with previous selfreport findings that psychopathy is related to constructs such as intergroup threat (e.g., negative attitudes toward immigrants; Hodson, Hogg, & MacInnis, 2009), racism (Grigg & Manderson, 2014), and social dominance (Hodson et al, 2009). Importantly, effects for victimization and right-wing extremist attitudes in our study were notably small and strong interpretations should be cautioned.…”

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Validity of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scales (SRP-III Full and Short Versions) in a Community Sample

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The psychometric properties of the 64-item Self-Report Psychopathy Scale-III (SRP-III) and its abbreviated 28-item SRP-Short Form (SRP-SF) seem promising. Still, cross-cultural evidence for its construct validity in heterogeneous community samples remains relatively scarce. Moreover, little is known about the interchangeability of both instruments. The present study addresses these research gaps by comparing the SRP-III and SRP-SF factorial construct validity and nomological network in a Belgian community sample. The four-factor model of psychopathy was evaluated ( N = 1,510) and the SRP scales' relationship with various external correlates (i.e., attachment, bullying and victimization, right-wing attitudes, right-wing authoritarianism, and response styles) was examined ( n = 210). Both SRP versions demonstrated a good fit for the four-factor model and a considerable overlap with the nomological network of psychopathy. The results suggested that the SRP-SF provides a viable alternative to the SRP-III for assessment in the community. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Section: Nomological Network Of the Srp Scalessupporting

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Validity of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scales (SRP-III Full and Short Versions) in a Community Sample

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“…The above variables explained 40% of the variance on racism. The fit of the model was very good, as indicated by: The results are broadly consistent with the literature which proceeded this study; these findings concur with other studies that show a statistically significant correlational relationship between racial prejudice and a lack of empathy (Finlay & Stephan, 2000;Vescio et al, 2003), psychopathy (Grigg & Manderson, 2015), SDO (Akrami et al, 2000) and RWA (Cohrs & Stelzl, 2010;Thomsen et al, 2008).…”

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“…To date, there have been few studies specifically investigating the association between primary and secondary psychopathy and prejudice. Grigg and Manderson (2015) found that primary psychopathy was associated with racism in both adults and adolescents in an Australian community sample. Anderson and Cheers (2017) found that psychopathy predicted negative attitudes toward asylum seekers, also in an Australian community sample.…”

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Psychopathy and prejudice: The mediating role of empathy, social dominance orientation and right‐wing authoritarianism

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Humayun

Isaac

et al. 2021

J Theo Social Psycho

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A current shift in intergroup relations research aims to delve deeper into whether, and how, individual differences predict social attitudes. Recent research goes beyond the measurement of typical personality traits and focuses also on the subclinical area of malicious traits. The present studies aimed at exploring the role of one such trait, psychopathy, as a predictor of negative social attitudes. The role of empathy was examined as a key underlying process explaining the relationship between primary and secondary psychopathy and social attitudes. Study 1 (N = 171) and Study 2 (N = 332) demonstrated that when entered as simultaneous predictors of negative attitudes toward immigrants (Study 1) and racism (Study 2), only primary psychopathy emerged as a significant predictor. Study 1 further demonstrated that lower levels of empathy mediated the psychopathy-attitudes path. Study 2 decomposed empathy into cognitive and affective, and tested the explanatory role of social dominance orientation (SDO) and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA). Primary psychopathy predicted lower cognitive and affective empathy, which sequentially predicted racism via SDO (in the case of cognitive empathy) and RWA (in the case of affective empathy). The results are discussed in the context of an integration between the personality and intergroup relations literature. | 531 STATHI eT Al.the first time, the mediating role of empathy (Studies 1 and 2) and social ideology variables, specifically SDO and RWA (Study 2). | Individual differences and prejudiceResearch investigating the relationship between individual differences and prejudice now integrates personality and social psychological approaches (see Hodson et al., 2017) and seeks to understand further if, and why, some individuals are more prejudiced than others by exploring personality traits that have been overlooked in the past.

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“…The subscales are appropriately interrelated with moderate to near perfect effect [ 36 ] and the relationships between RACES and an existing Australian measure of racism (very large to near perfect effect; [ 36 ]) and social, emotional, and behavioural strengths and difficulties (small to large effect; [ 56 ]) has been established. RACES has also been shown to be internally consistent (total scale and subscale Alpha Coefficient’s range from .79-.91); possesses factorial, construct, discriminant, and convergent validity in children, adolescents, and adults; and be test-retest reliable in children [ 36 – 57 ].…”

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The Australian Racism, Acceptance, and Cultural-Ethnocentrism Scale (RACES): item response theory findings

Grigg

Manderson

2016

Int J Equity Health

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BackgroundRacism and associated discrimination are pervasive and persistent challenges with multiple cumulative deleterious effects contributing to inequities in various health outcomes. Globally, research over the past decade has shown consistent associations between racism and negative health concerns. Such research confirms that race endures as one of the strongest predictors of poor health. Due to the lack of validated Australian measures of racist attitudes, RACES (Racism, Acceptance, and Cultural-Ethnocentrism Scale) was developed.MethodsHere, we examine RACES’ psychometric properties, including the latent structure, utilising Item Response Theory (IRT). Unidimensional and Multidimensional Rating Scale Model (RSM) Rasch analyses were utilised with 296 Victorian primary school students and 182 adolescents and 220 adults from the Australian community.ResultsRACES was demonstrated to be a robust 24-item three-dimensional scale of Accepting Attitudes (12 items), Racist Attitudes (8 items), and Ethnocentric Attitudes (4 items). RSM Rasch analyses provide strong support for the instrument as a robust measure of racist attitudes in the Australian context, and for the overall factorial and construct validity of RACES across primary school children, adolescents, and adults.ConclusionsRACES provides a reliable and valid measure that can be utilised across the lifespan to evaluate attitudes towards all racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious groups. A core function of RACES is to assess the effectiveness of interventions to reduce community levels of racism and in turn inequities in health outcomes within Australia.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12939-016-0338-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Is There a Relationship Between Psychopathic Traits and Racism?

Cited by 12 publications

References 51 publications

Validity of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scales (SRP-III Full and Short Versions) in a Community Sample

Validity of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scales (SRP-III Full and Short Versions) in a Community Sample

Psychopathy and prejudice: The mediating role of empathy, social dominance orientation and right‐wing authoritarianism

The Australian Racism, Acceptance, and Cultural-Ethnocentrism Scale (RACES): item response theory findings

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