Psychopathy, Empathy, and Perspective -Taking Ability in a Community Sample: Implications for the Successful Psychopathy Concept

@article{MullinsNelson2006PsychopathyEA,
  title={Psychopathy, Empathy, and Perspective -Taking Ability in a Community Sample: Implications for the Successful Psychopathy Concept},
  author={Jana L. Mullins-Nelson and Randall T. Salekin and Anne-Marie R. Leistico},
  journal={International Journal of Forensic Mental Health},
  year={2006},
  volume={5},
  pages={133 - 149}
}
This study examined the relationship between psychopathy and two components of empathy including a cognitive component (e.g., perspective-taking ability) and an affective component (e.g., compassion) in a community sample. The Psychopathic Personality Inventory Short Form was used to assess psychopathy and several psychological measures were used to test empathy including the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, the Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy-2, and the Test of Self Conscious Affect… 
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