Implicit affective associations to violence in psychopathic murderers

Snowden, Robert Jefferson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-480X, Gray, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-8118, Smith, Jennifer, Morris, Mark and MacCulloch, Malcolm 2004. Implicit affective associations to violence in psychopathic murderers. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 15 (4) , pp. 620-641. 10.1080/14789940412331313377

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Abstract

Social cognition about violence was assessed using both implicit and explicit measurements in a group of offenders who had committed murder and in a control group of offenders who had committed other crimes. On an implicit test of social cognition murderers with high psychopathy scores showed a reduced negative association to violence, whilst murderers with low psychopathy scores had an increased negative association to violence compared to the non-murderers (irrespective of their psychopathy score). No differences were found using explicit measurements. We suggest implicit measurements of social cognitions may prove a useful addition to explicit measurement in forensic situations, and shows potential as a future risk assessment tool.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	psychopathy; Implicit Association Test (IAT); social values; violence; morality; affect; Psychopathy Checklist-; Revised (PCL-R)
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1478-9949
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 10:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33850

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