Development and validation of the chinese triarchic psychopathy measure

Yiyun Shou, Martin Sellbom*, Jin Han

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    Abstract

    The nature of psychopathy is not well understood in East Asian cultures, partially due to a lack of an established measurement of this important construct. This study developed and validated a Chinese-language version of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) based on Patrick et al.’s (2009) triarchic model of psychopathy. Study 1 described the translation of the Chinese TriPM and demonstrated that the Chinese version of the TriPM is equivalent to the original English version in linguistic meaning. Study 2 examined the construct validity of the Chinese TriPM in a Chinese student sample. The TriPM evinced acceptable reliability and promising validity. Moreover, cross-cultural equivalence was examined by relative associations for the TriPM with the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale across the Chinese sample and a comparable United States student sample. Results revealed that the test bias in the strength of associations, regression intercepts, and slopes was mostly absent across the two samples.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)436-450
    Number of pages15
    JournalJournal of Personality Disorders
    Volume30
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 2016

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