Sadistic personality disorder and sensational interests: what is the size and specificity of the association? Export

@article{citeulike:5778083, abstract = {Clinicians and legal practitioners have often assumed uncritically that sensational interests are predictive of sadistic personality disorder (SADPD). This association has never been empirically tested in a non-pathological sample. Using a sample of adults (<i>N</i> = 219) from two countries, a four-factor SADPD structure was identified. A latent variable model was used to test the hypothesis that sensational interests questionnaire (SIQ) scores would be associated with SADPD scores after the separation of general and specific variance. The general association was not significant, but a direct pathway from SIQ Criminal Identity to SADPD Antisocial was required, to improve model fit. SADPD was predicted largely by normal personality traits. Sensational interests are therefore not a simple signifier of deviance or sadism in clinical and legal contexts. However, Criminal Identity may emerge as a risk factor for certain forms of antisocial behaviour, and should be investigated further.}, author = {Hagger-Johnson, Gareth and Egan, Vincent}, citeulike-article-id = {5778083}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789940903174220}, doi = {10.1080/14789940903174220}, journal = {Journal of Forensic Psychiatry \& Psychology}, keywords = {agreeableness, conscientiousness, disorder, equation, modelling, personality, sadistic, siq, structural}, posted-at = {2009-09-12 12:12:19}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Sadistic personality disorder and sensational interests: what is the size and specificity of the association?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789940903174220}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5778083 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5778083 N2 - Clinicians and legal practitioners have often assumed uncritically that sensational interests are predictive of sadistic personality disorder (SADPD). This association has never been empirically tested in a non-pathological sample. Using a sample of adults (<i>N</i> = 219) from two countries, a four-factor SADPD structure was identified. A latent variable model was used to test the hypothesis that sensational interests questionnaire (SIQ) scores would be associated with SADPD scores after the separation of general and specific variance. The general association was not significant, but a direct pathway from SIQ Criminal Identity to SADPD Antisocial was required, to improve model fit. SADPD was predicted largely by normal personality traits. Sensational interests are therefore not a simple signifier of deviance or sadism in clinical and legal contexts. However, Criminal Identity may emerge as a risk factor for certain forms of antisocial behaviour, and should be investigated further. JF - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology TI - Sadistic personality disorder and sensational interests: what is the size and specificity of the association? PB - Routledge KW - agreeableness KW - conscientiousness KW - disorder KW - equation KW - modelling KW - personality KW - sadistic KW - siq KW - structural AU - Hagger-Johnson, Gareth AU - Egan, Vincent PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789940903174220 ER -