Table 1.
Means, Standard Deviations, and Comparison Results for Cluster Characteristics
Primary psychopaths |
Secondary psychopaths |
Control participants |
Criminals with psychopathic features |
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Variable | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | Comparisons at p < .05 |
Demographic variable | |||||||||
Age | 28.00 | 5.80 | 24.58 | 5.84 | 24.59 | 6.80 | 22.35 | 4.14 | |
Education | 11.30 | 1.87 | 11.40 | 1.71 | 11.41 | 1.74 | 11.15 | 1.54 | |
IQ | 88.77 | 11.77 | 89.08 | 14.23 | 92.34 | 10.75 | 92.38 | 10.44 | |
PCL-R | 30.55 | 4.29 | 27.31 | 5.84 | 16.20 | 4.25 | 27.00 | 4.82 | |
Cluster variable | |||||||||
Alcohol | –0.20 | 0.81 | 1.32 | 0.45 | –0.19 | 0.79 | –0.66 | 0.38 | s > c, f, p |
Anxiety | –0.07 | 0.99 | 0.37 | 0.57 | 0.39 | 0.88 | –0.18 | 1.01 | s > c |
Drug | 0.27 | 0.98 | 0.38 | 0.91 | –0.47 | 0.88 | –0.08 | 0.19 | p, s > c |
Factor 1 | 1.07 | 0.54 | 0.10 | 0.94 | –1.13 | 0.63 | 0.28 | 0.78 | p > s, c, f; s, f > c |
Factor 2 | 0.43 | 0.72 | 0.49 | 0.85 | –0.85 | 0.93 | 0.41 | 0.82 | p, s, f > c |
IM-P | 1.57 | 0.71 | 0.01 | 0.69 | –0.57 | 0.46 | –0.09 | 0.51 | p, s, f > c; p > f |
Note. Only significant group comparisons are listed. p = primary psychopathic cluster; s = secondary psychopathic cluster; c = control cluster; f = inmates with psychopathic features cluster. PCL-R = Psychopathy Checklist—Revised; IM-P = Interpersonal Measure of Psychopathy.