Research on psychopathic
personality has been dominated by a focus on criminality and social deviance,
but some theoretical models argue that certain putatively adaptive features are
important components of this construct. In 3 samples (forensic mental health
practitioners, probation officers and a layperson community sample), we
investigated adaptive traits as conceptualized in the Triarchic model of
psychopathy (Patrick et al., 2009), specifically the relevance of boldness to
construals of psychopathic personality.
Participants completed prototypicality
ratings of psychopathic traits, including 3 items created to tap components of
boldness (Socially bold, Adventurous, Emotionally stable), and they also rated
a series of attitudinal statements (e.g., perceived correlates of being
psychopathic, moral judgments about psychopaths).
The composite Boldness scale
was rated as moderately to highly prototypical among forensic mental health
practitioners and probation officers and positively associated with other
theoretically relevant domains of psychopathy. Across samples, higher composite
Boldness ratings predicted greater endorsement of adaptive traits (e.g., social
skills) as characteristic of psychopathy. For the individual items, Socially
bold was rated as highly prototypical and was associated with theoretically
relevant correlates. Adventurous also was seen as prototypical, though to a
lesser degree. Only forensic mental health practitioners endorsed Emotionally
stable as characteristic of psychopathy.
Our results provide partial support
for the contention that the boldness concept is viewed as an important
component of psychopathy, particularly among professionals who work directly
with offender populations.
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