Research on psychopathy has progressed considerably in recent years against the
backdrop of important advances in the broader field of clinical psychological science. My …

Few psychological concepts evoke simultaneously as much fascination and
misunderstanding as psychopathic personality, or psychopathy. Typically, individuals with …

Moral disengagement refers to a set of cognitive tactics people employ to sidestep moral self-
regulatory processes that normally prevent wrongdoing. In this study, we present a …

Why do people tend to care for upholding principles of justice? This study examined the
association between individual differences in the affective, motivational and cognitive …

The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) is a widely used measure of narcissism.
However, debates persist about its exact factor structure with researchers proposing …

The clinical concept of psychopathy (“psychopathic personality”) is generally considered to
entail persistent behavioral deviancy in the company of emotional–interpersonal …

We examined the relationships between M achiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy—
the three traits of the D ark T riad (DT)—and the F ive‐F actor M odel (FFM) of personality …

Narcissism is known to be related to romantic success in short-term contexts (dating, early
stage relationships) but also to problems in long-term committed relationships. We propose …

Long the stuff of clinical lore, successful psychopathy has recently become the focus of
research. Although numerous authors have conjectured that psychopathic traits are …

Background: Conceptualizing Psychopathy. The definition of the term psychopathy has been
a matter of longstanding debate. As used today, the concept is generally considered to entail …