The association between psychopathic traits and religiosity/spirituality among incarcerated adults

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-08-04 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113401

Nathanial J. Bernard , J. Michael Maurer , Nathaniel E. Anderson , Carla L. Harenski , Kent A. Kiehl

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Abstract

Negative associations between psychopathic traits and religiosity/spirituality have been previously reported in community samples. However, whether similar associations are observed in samples characterized by clinical levels of psychopathic traits remains unknown. The current study investigated the relationship between psychopathic traits and religiosity/spirituality among n = 137 incarcerated participants, including both adult men (n = 47) and women (n = 90). Psychopathic traits were assessed using the expert-rated Hare Psychopathy Checklist – Revised (PCL-R) and religiosity/spirituality was assessed via the self-report Index of Core Spiritual Experiences (INSPIRIT). Consistent with hypotheses, we observed that higher PCL-R total and Facet 2 scores (assessing affective psychopathic traits) were associated with lower INSPIRIT total scores, with the strongest effects observed among men. Our results suggest that individuals with elevated psychopathic traits, particularly men characterized by affective dysfunction (i.e., a lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse), are characterized by lower levels of religiosity/spirituality.

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在被监禁的成年人中，精神病态特征与宗教信仰/灵性之间的关系

以前在社区样本中报道过精神病态特征与宗教信仰/灵性之间的负相关。然而，在以临床水平为特征的精神病态特征的样本中是否观察到类似的关联仍然未知。目前的研究调查了n = 137名被监禁的参与者，包括成年男性（n = 47）和女性（n = 90），精神病态特征与宗教信仰/灵性之间的关系。使用专家评定的Hare精神病检查表-修订版（PCL-R）评估精神病特征，通过核心精神体验自我报告指数（INSPIRIT）评估宗教信仰/灵性。与假设一致，我们观察到较高的PCL-R总分和Facet 2评分（评估情感精神病特征）与较低的spirit总分相关，在男性中观察到最强的影响。我们的研究结果表明，具有较高精神病态特征的个体，特别是以情感功能障碍（即缺乏同理心、内疚和悔恨）为特征的男性，其宗教信仰/灵性水平较低。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

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41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.