The K-SF-42

Figueredo, Aurelio José; García, Rafael Antonio; Menke, J. Michael; Jacobs, W. Jake; Gladden, Paul R.; Bianchi, JeanMarie; Patch, Emily Anne; Beck, Connie J. A.; Kavanagh, Phillip S.; Sotomayor-Peterson, Marcela; Jiang, Yunfan; Li, Norman P.

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“…The primary variables of interest were LEAS scores (Barchard et al, 2010;Lane et al, 1990) and scores on the K-SF-42, a common measure of LHS (Figueredo et al, 2017;Manson, Chua, & Lukaszewski, 2020). We also collected two measures of early childhood adversity, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ; Bernstein et al, 2003) and the Childhood Experiences of Care and Abuse questionnaire (CECA; Bifulco, Bernazzani, Moran, & Jacobs, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Lower emotional awareness is associated with greater early adversity and faster life history strategy

Smith¹,

Steklis²,

Steklis³

et al. 2021

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Recent theoretical work suggests that emotional awareness (EA) depends on the harshness/predictability of early social interactions – and that low EA may actually be adaptive in harsh environments that lack predictable interpersonal interactions. In evolutionary psychology, this process of psychological “calibration” to early environments corresponds to life history strategy (LHS). In this paper, we tested the relationship between EA and LHS in 177 (40 male) individuals who completed the levels of emotional awareness scale (LEAS), Arizona Life History Battery (short form: K-SF-42), and two measures of early abuse/neglect. Significantly lower EA was observed in those with faster LHS and who had experienced greater early adversity. Notably, LEAS was associated with differences in 1) general reflective cognition, and 2) emotional support from parents during childhood. This suggests that EA may be learned during development based on the benefits of cognitive reflection in environments with different levels of harshness and social predictability.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The K-SF-42 is a shortened version of the Arizona Life History Battery (Figueredo et al, 2017). It contains 42 statements, assessing seven LHS sub-domains (6 items each), where participants select responses either from "strongly disagree" (-3) to "strongly agree" (+3) or from "not at all (0) to "a lot" (4), depending on the statement.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lower emotional awareness is associated with greater early adversity and faster life history strategy

Smith¹,

Steklis²,

Steklis³

et al. 2021

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“…In his extended model of LH-related traits, Del Giudice (2018) introduced some additional profiles to the traditional clusters of LH indicators, pointing out the possibility of multiple fast and slow LH strategies that would comprise different conformations of psychological traits. Such reasoning challenges the currently popular "lumping" approach that posits the existence of fixed sets of LH traits (e.g., Figueredo et al 2007Figueredo et al , 2017bGiosan 2006).…”

Section: Life History Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the field of psychology, several psychometric tools are designed to assess LH strategy pace. These measures include the High-K strategy scale (HKSS, Giosan 2006), the Arizona Life History Battery (ALHB; Figueredo et al 2007), the Mini-K (Figueredo et al 2006), and K-SF-42 (Figueredo et al 2017b). The two latter instruments constitute alternative short versions of the ALHB.…”

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Do Criminals Live Faster Than Soldiers and Firefighters?

Kwiek

Piotrowski

2020

Hum Nat

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A high risk of morbidity-mortality caused by a harsh and unpredictable environment is considered to be associated with a fast life history (LH) strategy, commonly linked with criminal behavior. However, offenders are not the only group with a high exposure to extrinsic morbidity-mortality. In the present study, we investigated the LH strategies employed by two groups of Polish men: incarcerated offenders (N = 84) as well as soldiers and firefighters (N = 117), whose professions involve an elevated risk of injury and premature death. The subjects were asked to complete the Mini-K (used as a psychosocial LH indicator) and a questionnaire which included a number of biodemographic LH variables. Although biodemographic and psychosocial LH indicators should be closely linked with each other, the actual connection between them is unclear. Thus, this study was driven by two aims: comparing LH strategies in two groups of men with a high risk of premature morbidity-mortality and investigating the relationship between the biodemographic and psychosocial LH dimensions. The study showed that incarcerated men employed faster LH strategies than soldiers and firefighters, but only in relation to biodemographic variables (e.g., number of siblings, age of sexual initiation, life expectancy). No intergroup differences emerged regarding psychosocial LH indicators. Moreover, the correlation analysis showed a weak association between biodemographic and psychosocial LH indicators. The results strengthen the legitimacy of incorporating biodemographic LH traits into research models and indicate the need for further research on the accuracy of the Mini-K. The possible explanations for the intergroup differences in LH strategies are discussed.

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“…Participants were then asked to complete (in randomized order) the following instruments: K-SF-42. This 42-item version of the ALHB includes six items from each of the seven ALHB scales (Figueredo et al, 2017). These scales (with exemplary items) are (1) Insight, Planning, and Control ("when I encounter problems, I don't give up until I solve them"), (2) General Altruism ("I contribute a great deal to the welfare and well-being of my friends these days"), (3) Religiosity ("religion is important in my life"), (4) Experiences in Close Relationships (i.e., attachment style; "I don't feel comfortable opening up to romantic partners"), (5) Relationships with Biological Parents ("while you were growing up, how much did your biological mother teach you about life?…”

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Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument

Manson

2020

Evol Psychol

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The dark triad (DT) traits are differentially related to psychometrically assessed life history strategy (LHS), such that psychopathy is strongly associated with a faster LHS, whereas narcissism appears to be, if anything, a slow LHS indicator. However, the research supporting these generalizations has been based largely on undergraduate samples in which LHS has been measured using the Arizona Life History Battery (ALHB; or its short version the Mini-K), an instrument that arguably lacks adequate coverage of low-extroversion content linked to a slower LHS. In this study, 929 U.S. MTurk workers completed a set of DT instruments, a 10-item Big Five Inventory, a 42-item version of the ALHB (K-SF-42), and the life history rating form (LHRF), which is less weighted toward high extroversion content than the ALHB. Factor analysis of the DT instruments yielded factors corresponding to callousness, secondary psychopathy, and socially adaptive narcissism (leadership/authority and grandiose exhibitionism). Callousness and secondary psychopathy were fast LHS indicators with respect to both LHS instruments. Socially adaptive narcissism appeared as a slow LHS indicator with respect to the K-SF-42 but as a fast LHS indicator with respect to the LHRF. Variation in extroversion accounted entirely for the K-SF-42’s positive association with socially adaptive narcissism. This study suggests that narcissism’s apparent status as a slow LHS indicator may be more a matter of measurement than of substance.

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The K-SF-42

Cited by 51 publications

References 41 publications

Lower emotional awareness is associated with greater early adversity and faster life history strategy

Lower emotional awareness is associated with greater early adversity and faster life history strategy

Do Criminals Live Faster Than Soldiers and Firefighters?

Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument

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