| Evaluating the generalizability of a fear deficit in psychopathic African American offenders. | |
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PMID: 21038928 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Laboratory studies of psychopathy have yielded an impressive array of etiologically relevant findings. To date, however, attempts to demonstrate the generalizability of these findings to African American psychopathic offenders have been largely unsuccessful. The fear deficit has long been regarded as the hallmark of psychopathy, yet the generalizability of this association to African American offenders has not been systematically evaluated. In this study, we used an instructed fear paradigm and fear-potentiated startle to assess this deficit and the factors that moderate its expression in African American offenders. Furthermore, we conceptualized psychopathy using both a unitary and a two-factor model, and we assessed the constructs with both interview-based and self-report measures. Regardless of assessment strategy, results provided no evidence that psychopathy relates to fear deficits in African American offenders. Further research is needed to clarify whether the emotion deficits associated with psychopathy in European American offenders are applicable to African American offenders. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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Arielle R Baskin-Sommers; Joseph P Newman; Nina Sathasivam; John J Curtin |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of abnormal psychology Volume: 120 ISSN: 1939-1846 ISO Abbreviation: J Abnorm Psychol Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-02-08 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0034461 Medline TA: J Abnorm Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 71-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology. |
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