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Psychopathy and the Perception of Affect and Vulnerability

Angela S. Book

Psychology Department, Brock University, Ontario, Canada, abook@ brocku.ca

Vernon L. Quinsey

Queen's University

Dale Langford

McGill University

The relationship between psychopathic traits and the perception of nonverbal communication, including facial expressions and body language, is investigated. Participants include 59 prison inmates and 60 community members. Psychopathic traits among inmates are measured using the Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL-R) and Levenson's Self Report Psychopathy Scale. Participants categorize the emotion of posed facial photographs and rate intensity of emotion. They view videotaped interactions of a confederate and a target individual and rate assertiveness using the Rathus Assertiveness Scale. There is a trend for the PCL-R to be positively correlated with the inmates' accuracy of emotional intensity ratings. Psychopathic traits are also positively associated with the accuracy of assertiveness ratings.

Key Words: psychopathy • emotion • callous empathy

This version was published on April 1, 2007

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 4, 531-544 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806293554
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