Linking the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy to the MMPI-2-RF Jade A. Petty 1, Dustin B. Wygant, Ph.D. 1, Martin Sellbom, Ph.D. 2 1 Eastern Kentucky University 2 The Australian National University Introduction  Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by deficits in:  Affect: callous, poor affect recognition, low stress, fearlessness  Interpersonal functioning: poor attachment, domineering, conning/manipulative  Behavior: aggression, irresponsibility, impulsivity  Psychopathy has been assessed using a variety of instruments:  Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R)  Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI-R)  Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM)  Patrick, Fowles, and Krueger (2009) developed the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy to tie in various theories and assessment models of the disorder  Captures the phenotypic variance of psychopathy in three domains:  Boldness: Fearlessness, dominance, and proneness for risk-taking  Meanness: Callousness, explotativeness, and poor attachment  Disinhibition: Deficient behavioral constraint, aggression, and a lack of planfulness The Current Study  Goal of the current study was to examine how the MMPI-2 Restructured Form scales load onto the Triarchic domains of psychopathy  We hypothesized:  Boldness would be associated with scales capturing low fear (MSF [-]), assertiveness (IPP [-], AGGR-R), low stress/anxiety (NEGE-R [-], AXY [-], STW [-])  Meanness would be associated with scales capturing aggression (AGG, AGGR-R), anger (ANP), poor attachment (DSF)  Disinhibition would be associated with scales capturing antisociality (RC4, JCP, BXD), disconstraint (DISC-R), substance abuse (SUB), and negative emotionality (NEGE-R, RC7) Method Participants  139 incarcerated male offenders  Age: 34.5 (SD = 9.9)  Education: 12.0 (SD = 1.2)  Ethnicity: 59% Caucasian, 37% African-American, 4% other ethnicity  Offenses: 63% violent [25% homicide-related], 25% sexual offenses, 22% drug-offenses Measures  Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 2003)  Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised (PPI-R; Lilienfeld & Widows, 2005)  Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM; Patrick, 2010)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011) Results Exploratory Structural Equation Model  Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) to identify the Triarchic constructs  Indicators:  4 facets of the PCL-R  8 content scales of the PPI-R  3 scales of the TriPM  Model exhibited mediocre fit (CFI=.91, RMSEA=.10, SRMR=.045)  Factor loadings conformed to a conceptually accepted pattern  Model was accepted as a latent representation of the triarchic psychopathy domains (Boldness, Meanness, Disinhibition) Correlational analyses  We correlated the 3 latent triarchic factors with the MMPI- 2-RF substantive scales TriarchicEIDTHDBXDRCdRC1RC2RC3RC4RC6RC7RC8RC9 Boldness Meanness Disinhibition TriarchicMLSGICHPCNUCCOG Boldness Meanness Disinhibition TriarchicJCPSUBAGGACTFMLIPPSAVSHYDSFAESMEC Boldness Meanness Disinhibition TriarchicAGGR-rPSYC-rDISC-rNEGE-rINTR-r Boldness Meanness Disinhibition TriarchicSUIHLPSFDNFCSTWANPAXYBRFMSF Boldness Meanness Disinhibition Discussion The triarchic model can be captured using the MMPI-2-RF Boldness: Associated with low fear (MSF), social dominance (IPP, AGGR-R), and low negative emotionality (NEGE-R, AXY, STW) Meanness: Associated with aggression (AGG, AGGR-R, anger (ANP,) and poor attachment (DSF) Results were not as strong as the other two domains Disinhibition: Associated with antisocial behavior (RC4, JCP, BXD), poor behavioral control (DISC-R), high levels of negative emotionality (NEGE-R, RC7), and substance abuse (SUB) *Bolding indicates significant correlations