Inverted social reward: associations between psychopathic traits and self-report and experimental measures of social reward.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with high levels of psychopathic traits tend to undervalue long-term, affiliative relationships, but it remains unclear what motivates them to engage in social interactions at all. Their experience of social reward may provide an important clue. In Study 1 of this paper, a large sample of participants (N  =  505) completed a measure of psychopathic traits (Self-Report Psychopathy Scale Short-Form) and a measure of social reward value (Social Reward Questionnaire) to explore what aspects of social reward are associated with psychopathic traits. In Study 2 (N = 110), the same measures were administered to a new group of participants along with two experimental tasks investigating monetary and social reward value. Psychopathic traits were found to be positively correlated with the

SUBMITTER: Foulkes L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4146585 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature