Nicholas D Thomson, Sophie L Kjaervik, Craig S Neumann, Robert D Hare
{"title":"The Role of Psychopathy in Subtypes of Aggression and Gun Violence.","authors":"Nicholas D Thomson, Sophie L Kjaervik, Craig S Neumann, Robert D Hare","doi":"10.1007/s10862-025-10247-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10862-025-10247-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examined the relationship between psychopathy and subtypes of aggression and firearm violence among a high-risk, community-based sample of adults. Specifically, it assessed whether the four-facet model of psychopathy (interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, and antisocial) was differentially associated with reactive and proactive aggression and reactive and proactive gun violence. Additionally, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to evaluate the factor structure of the Self-Report Psychopathy Short Form (SRP-SF) in this population.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 458 violently injured adults (M<sub>age</sub> = 32.8, SD = 12.8, 72% Male) were included in this study. A CFA assessed the SRP-SF facet structure. Regressions were conducted to determine if psychopathy total and facets scores were associated with reactive and proactive aggression and gun violence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Total psychopathy was associated with reactive and proactive forms of aggression and gun violence. The four-facet model had a good fit. Regressions showed that the affective and lifestyle facets were related to reactive aggression, and the interpersonal and antisocial facets were related to proactive aggression. Higher affective facet scores were associated with increased odds of reactive gun violence, while higher antisocial facet scores were associated with increased odds of proactive gun violence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings support the four-facet structure of psychopathy among a high-risk community sample and demonstrate its utility for differentiating violence subtypes. These results highlight the importance of considering psychopathy's multidimensional nature in understanding specific risks for firearm-related violence, providing valuable insights for targeted violence prevention and intervention strategies within healthcare and community settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":"47 3","pages":"69"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12402035/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144992807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Adversity Appraisal Questionnaire (AAQ).","authors":"Jane Jiyoun Lee, Gabrielle Lowenthal, Yo Jackson","doi":"10.1007/s10862-025-10219-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10862-025-10219-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Appraisal refers to a cognitive process through which individuals perceive and interpret a given event. This study evaluated the factorial structure of the 22-item Adversity Appraisal Questionnaire (AAQ) developed to assess the appraisal styles of an adversity exposed, community sample in response to their experiences with potentially stressful life events. Given that current assessment tools for appraisal are limited by scope and range of appraisal elements, the AAQ was developed as an amalgam of all currently available appraisal measures and includes questions about how adults think and feel about potentially adverse events in their lives. The measure also asks why a given event was or was not impactful or important for the respondent. Exploratory factor analyses (EFA) reliably identified a three-factor solution indicating three broad dimensions of appraisal: Emotional Distress, Perceived Controllability, and Perceived Threat. Internal consistency estimates for subscales were evaluated using Cronbach's α (Emotional Distress: α = 0.94, Perceived Controllability: α = 0.79, Perceived Threat: α = 0.75). Findings suggested that the AAQ is a psychometrically reliable instrument for assessing adults' appraisal styles and may be useful in studies requiring a comprehensive measurement of adversity appraisal. To document how the new three appraisal factors might be related to other important mental health cognitive processes, the study also examined the relation to hostile attribution biases as an example. The findings indicated that emotional distress appraisals are associated with hostile attribution biases. Recommendations for future research are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":"47 2","pages":"42"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12106478/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144173973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Riley E Maher, David M Klemballa, Sebastian Walther, Vijay A Mittal, Stewart A Shankman, Allison M Letkiewicz
{"title":"Anhedonia Relates to Increased Psychomotor Retardation Using an Instrumental Handwriting-Based Measure.","authors":"Riley E Maher, David M Klemballa, Sebastian Walther, Vijay A Mittal, Stewart A Shankman, Allison M Letkiewicz","doi":"10.1007/s10862-025-10249-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10862-025-10249-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychomotor retardation (PmR) is a clinically important but understudied feature of depression. Available studies of PmR in depression have also been limited by the reliance on self-report and observation. Instrumental measures, which have been used to assess motor symptoms in neurological disorders, exhibit greater precision and sensitivity than self-report measures and can provide vital information in the clinical presentation. Hence, the present study sought to examine (a) whether depression (diagnosis and/or symptoms) is abnormally associated with an instrumental-based indictaor of PmR, velocity scaling (VS), a behavioral metric that reflects the ability to increase rate of movement across longer versus shorter distances, and (b) the reliability (internal consistency) of VS. A large sample of healthy controls (<i>n</i> = 85) and those with lifetime MDD (<i>n</i> = 146), completed a handwriting task on a tablet. VS was quantified as a slope of change in velocity from 1 to 4 cm hand-drawn loops, with steeper slopes indicating less PmR. Whereas VS did not differ between groups, lower VS was significantly negatively related to greater anhedonia across participants, even after covarying for overall depression severity. VS scores also exhibited excellent internal consistency. The handwriting task is a reliable and brief measure that can be completed in only a few minutes and could be a feasible way to assess for PmR in clinical settings. Future studies are needed to determine the temporal relation between VS and anhedonia.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10862-025-10249-1.</p>","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":"47 4","pages":"74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12454474/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145137801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cynthia M Hartung, Elizabeth K Lefler, Tamara M Abu-Ramadan, Anne E Stevens, Judah W Serrano, Emily A Miller, Christopher R Shelton
{"title":"A Call to Analyze Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Psychopathology Research: An Illustration with ADHD and Internalizing Symptoms in Emerging Adults.","authors":"Cynthia M Hartung, Elizabeth K Lefler, Tamara M Abu-Ramadan, Anne E Stevens, Judah W Serrano, Emily A Miller, Christopher R Shelton","doi":"10.1007/s10862-024-10188-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10862-024-10188-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have historically ignored sex/gender and conducted sex- and gender-neutral psychopathology research. There is a clear need to analyze potential differences and similarities between individuals with various sexes, genders, and sexual orientations in psychopathology research. Specifically, we need to stop ignoring sex, gender, and sexual orientation, conduct analyses that go beyond the binary, and analyze these important variables for generalizability even when the primary research question is not about sex, gender, and sexual orientation. In the current study we examined ADHD and internalizing symptoms in a community sample to compare different ways to analyze data and better understand differences and similarities across groups. We predicted that a richer understanding of sex/gender differences would emerge when we compared sex and gender minority (SGM) participants to cisgender heterosexual women (CHW) and men (CHM) rather than conducting binary analyses. Emerging adults (<i>N</i> = 2,938; ages 18-29 years) completed an online survey, responding to demographic items, as well as ADHD and internalizing symptoms. Binary analyses using biological sex and gender identity yielded no differences in ADHD symptoms, and the expected female preponderance in internalizing symptoms. However, when analyzed across three groups, individuals in the SGM group reported higher levels of ADHD and internalizing symptoms compared with the other two groups. Notably, no differences emerged for internalizing symptoms across CHW and CHM when the SGM group was included. This is compelling evidence that analyzing sex, gender, and sexual orientation more systematically and precisely in psychopathology research is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":"47 1","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11946943/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacqueline Peters, Anne van Wonderen, Renée M Visser, Merel Kindt
{"title":"The Act of Measurement: The Influence of Behavioural Tests on Spider Fear and Disgust.","authors":"Jacqueline Peters, Anne van Wonderen, Renée M Visser, Merel Kindt","doi":"10.1007/s10862-025-10234-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10862-025-10234-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Behavioural assessments offer clinically relevant insights into anxious symptomatology, complementing self-report questionnaires in monitoring treatment effects. However, as a behavioural test is a form of brief exposure, it might not solely measure distress, but also influence it. In this study, we investigated whether measuring spider avoidance behaviour changes spider-related distress. Seventy-five individuals with a broad range of spider fear provided self-reported fear and disgust ratings, using the Spider Distress Scale, before and after engaging in a tarantula and in a house spider behavioural approach task (BAT). We found that self-reported fear, but not disgust, decreased after engaging in the behavioural assessments. A subsequent exploration within low- and high-fear subgroups showed that this pattern was driven by low-fear individuals, as in high-fear individuals spider fear and disgust remained unaffected by the behavioural assessments. Spider fear did not decrease on two exploratory questionnaires. In principle, these findings are promising for the validity of behavioural assessments in translational research where sub-clinical samples are typically targeted. However, they emphasise the need to carefully translate laboratory findings to (sub-)clinical populations, not only due to varying fear levels, but also because behavioural assessments may be experienced differently in the context of a treatment study.</p>","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":"47 3","pages":"62"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12279566/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144698849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miljan Jović, Maryam Amir-Haeri, Kaili Rimfeld, Judith B M Ensink, Ramon J L Lindauer, Tanja G M Vrijkotte, Andrew Whitehouse, Stéphanie M van den Berg
{"title":"Harmonization of SDQ and ASEBA Phenotypes: Measurement Variance Across Cohorts.","authors":"Miljan Jović, Maryam Amir-Haeri, Kaili Rimfeld, Judith B M Ensink, Ramon J L Lindauer, Tanja G M Vrijkotte, Andrew Whitehouse, Stéphanie M van den Berg","doi":"10.1007/s10862-025-10204-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10862-025-10204-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Harmonizing the scores obtained by different instruments that measure the same construct enable researchers to combine them in one analysis. An important step in harmonization is checking whether there is measurement invariance across populations. This study aimed to examine whether the harmonized scores for anxiety/depression and ADHD obtained by two different instruments (the Child Behaviour Check List (CBCL) and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)) are measurement invariant across other countries, languages, and age groups. We used cohorts from Australia (1330 children aged 10-11.5 years), the Netherlands (943 children aged 11-13.5 years) and the United Kingdom (4504 children aged 14-19). We used the Bayesian method for modeling measurement non-invariance proposed by Verhagen and Fox, 2013a that we adapted for using on polytomous items and in a relatively small number of groups (cohorts). Results showed that there is hardly any differential functioning of harmonized anxiety/depression and ADHD scores obtained by CBCL and SDQ across cohorts. The same model that harmonizes measures in Australian 10-year-old children can also be used in cohorts from the UK and the Netherlands.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10862-025-10204-0.</p>","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":"47 1","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11889055/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143586089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Robinson, E McGlinchey, Y Ardila, F Guillen, N Acosta, J Gomez, N I Bloch, D Hanna, V Akle, C Armour
{"title":"Estudio De La Vida Bajo Estres: Methodological Overview and Baseline Data Analysis of a Case-Control Investigation of Risk and Resiliency Factors for Traumatic Stress in Colombia.","authors":"M Robinson, E McGlinchey, Y Ardila, F Guillen, N Acosta, J Gomez, N I Bloch, D Hanna, V Akle, C Armour","doi":"10.1007/s10862-025-10203-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10862-025-10203-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>Estudio de la Vida Bajo Estres</i> (My Life Under Stress [MI-VIDA] Study) aims to investigate risk and resilience factors associated with the development of PTSD in a trauma-exposed sample of more than 500 Colombian residents exposed to this country's armed conflict. The study utilised a longitudinal case-control design capturing psychosocial data over 18 months, in addition to baseline DNA samples for a parallel genomic analysis. This paper specifically provides an overview of the design and methodology of the wider investigation, and reports baseline characteristics including sociodemographic information and mental health outcome prevalences from this hard-to-reach and under-researched population. Results of baseline analysis suggested that one third (34.88%) of this trauma-exposed sample screened positively for PTSD. Participants endorsed high numbers of potentially traumatic experiences including Forced Displacement (88.61%), Exposure to Severe Human Suffering (53.91%), Combat Exposure (53.02%), and Physical Assault (51.78%). Participants also reported relatively high levels of mental ill-health including depression (29.90%) and anxiety (27.56%). The number of traumas experienced, and the reported comorbid difficulties were generally higher among those who screened positive for PTSD. These preliminary analyses detail the baseline characteristics, and the relative burden of mental ill-health in this trauma-exposed sample. The wider study comprising longitudinal measurement of these conditions has the potential to make a significant contribution to the understanding of risk and resiliency factors for posttraumatic stress in this unique Latin American context.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10862-025-10203-1.</p>","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":"47 1","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11872984/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143557288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shaylea D. Badovinac, Marlena Colasanto, David B. Flora, Brendan F. Andrade
{"title":"Validation of a Measure of Family Functioning in a Clinic-referred Sample of Children with Disruptive Behavior","authors":"Shaylea D. Badovinac, Marlena Colasanto, David B. Flora, Brendan F. Andrade","doi":"10.1007/s10862-023-10116-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-023-10116-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":"5 7","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139438465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martina Fruhbauerova, Nicole E. Stumpp, Shannon Sauer-Zavala
{"title":"The Utility of the Unified Protocol in Treating Borderline Features","authors":"Martina Fruhbauerova, Nicole E. Stumpp, Shannon Sauer-Zavala","doi":"10.1007/s10862-023-10106-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-023-10106-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":" 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139139928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personality Traits Characterizing a New Type of Depression Lead to Stress Generation in Japanese University Students","authors":"Rika Fujiwara, Akira Hasegawa, Shin-ichi Oura, Yuko Matsuda","doi":"10.1007/s10862-023-10114-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-023-10114-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16910,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment","volume":"31 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139157575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}