Psychology

Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Patricia L. Lockwood , Ana Seara-Cardoso, Essi Viding Published: May 8, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096555 Abstract Theory and evidence suggest that empathy is an important motivating factor for prosocial behaviour and that emotion regulation, i.e. the capacity to exert control over an emotional response, may moderate the degree to which empathy is associated with prosocial behaviour. However, studies to date have not simultaneously explored the associations between different empathic processes and prosocial behaviour, nor whether different types…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Joseph T. Sakai , Yaswanth Chintaluru, Kristen M. Raymond, Shannon McWilliams, R. McKell Carter, Drew E. Winters, Susan K. Mikulich-Gilbertson Published: April 19, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283279 Abstract Background Prosocial behavior is negatively associated with psychopathic traits and paradigms which measure prosocial behavior in the laboratory may be useful in better understanding moderators of this association. Methods We revised a previously validated game of prosocial behavior by including a new trial type (i.e., trials where the participant…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Kelly Hubble, Katharine L. Bowen, Simon C. Moore, Stephanie H. M. van Goozen Published: June 29, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132035 Abstract Background Children with antisocial behaviour show deficits in the perception of emotional expressions in others that may contribute to the development and persistence of antisocial and aggressive behaviour. Current treatments for antisocial youngsters are limited in effectiveness. It has been argued that more attention should be devoted to interventions that target neuropsychological correlates of antisocial behaviour….

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article   Steven M. Gillespie , Ian J. Mitchell, Ian Johnson, Ellen Dawson, Anthony R. Beech Published: August 8, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069565 Abstract Psychopathic personality traits are linked with selfish and non-cooperative responses during economical decision making games. However, the possibility that these responses may vary when responding to members of the in-group and the out-group has not yet been explored. We aimed to examine the effects of primary (selfish, uncaring) and secondary (impulsive, irresponsible) psychopathic personality…

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 Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Corine de Ruiter , Matthias Burghart, Raneesha De Silva, Sara Griesbeck Garcia, Ushna Mian, Eoin Walshe, Veronika Zouharova Published: August 10, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272704 Abstract Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by a mix of traits belonging to four facets: affective (e.g., callous/lack of empathy), interpersonal (e.g., grandiosity), behavioral instability (e.g., impulsivity, poor behavioral controls), and social deviance (e.g., juvenile delinquency, criminal versatility). Several scholars have argued that early childhood maltreatment impacts the development of psychopathy,…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Karolina Sörman ,Gustav Nilsonne, Katarina Howner, Sandra Tamm, Shilan Caman, Hui-Xin Wang, Martin Ingvar, John F. Edens, Petter Gustavsson, Scott O Lilienfeld, Predrag Petrovic, Håkan Fischer, Marianne Kristiansson Published: June 14, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156570 Abstract Cross-cultural investigation of psychopathy measures is important for clarifying the nomological network surrounding the psychopathy construct. The Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised (PPI-R) is one of the most extensively researched self-report measures of psychopathic traits in adults. To date however, it has been…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Vanessa Pera-Guardiola , Oren Contreras-Rodríguez , Iolanda Batalla, David Kosson, José M Menchón, Josep Pifarré,Javier Bosque, Narcís Cardoner , Carles Soriano-Mas Published: May 13, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149807   Abstract Individuals with psychopathy present deficits in the recognition of facial emotional expressions. However, the nature and extent of these alterations are not fully understood. Furthermore, available data on the functional neural correlates of emotional face recognition deficits in adult psychopaths have provided mixed results. In this context,…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Rachel Jewkes , Robert Morrell, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Kristin Dunkle, Loveday Penn-Kekana Published: July 20, 2012 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040821 Abstract Background South African policy makers are reviewing legislation of prostitution, concerned that criminalisation hampers HIV prevention. They seek to understand the relationship between transactional sex, prostitution, and the nature of the involved men. Methods 1645 randomly-selected adult South African men participated in a household study, disclosing whether they had sex with a woman in prostitution or had had…

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