Concurrent, Convergent, and Discriminant Validity of the DSM-5 Section III Psychopathy Specifier.

ABSTRACT: Section III of the fifth iteration of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) includes an alternative model of personality disorder diagnosis that conceptualizes antisocial personality disorder as an interpersonal, rather than behavioral, construct. However, the diagnostic specifier for psychopathy has been met with recent controversy due to its conceptual and empirical overlap with triarchic boldness, which has been debated as a necessary and sufficient domain of psychopathy. This study examined the concurrent, convergent, and discriminant validity of the specifier using canonical correlation analysis in samples of undergraduate students (N = 224) and community adults with prior criminal involvement (N = 306). Findings highlight the sp

SUBMITTER: Fuller EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10363948 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature