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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2017 Apr 13;30(3):311–327. doi: 10.1037/pas0000481

Table 7.

Information Functions Across the Latent Trait Continuum

Information at different levels of latent trait (θ)

Measure −3.0 −2.5 −2.0 −1.5 −1.0 −.5 0 .5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
LSRP
  Primary psychopath 1.71 2.17 2.86 3.89 5.47 7.88 10.32 11.03 11.36 11.16 11.06 9.26 6.91
  Secondary psychopath 1.88 2.20 2.55 2.88 3.09 3.21 3.27 3.30 3.28 3.25 3.17 2.95 2.63
PAI ANT
  Antisocial behavior 1.44 1.85 2.47 3.14 3.76 4.45 5.16 5.56 5.53 5.15 4.50 3.68 2.91
  Stimulus seeking 1.54 1.73 2.01 2.51 3.65 9.14 13.86 10.03 14.57 14.90 6.22 3.38 2.32
PPI−SF
  Blame externalization 1.52 1.94 2.70 4.17 6.44 7.41 6.72 7.47 8.30 8.29 7.02 4.56 2.83
  Social potency 3.58 4.60 5.51 5.86 5.87 5.88 5.80 5.78 5.39 4.31 3.08 2.16 1.61
  Machiavellian 1.72 2.11 2.72 3.48 4.03 4.07 4.07 4.29 4.39 4.38 4.29 3.77 3.05
  Fearlessness 1.42 1.74 2.29 3.14 4.27 5.32 5.79 5.83 5.60 4.92 3.82 2.82 2.14
  Coldheartedness 1.40 1.57 1.80 2.09 2.40 2.66 2.84 2.94 3.00 3.04 3.06 3.05 2.97
  Impulsive nonconformity 1.50 1.78 2.16 2.55 2.88 3.13 3.34 3.50 3.58 3.60 3.54 3.35 2.98
  Stress immunity 2.61 3.77 5.14 6.02 6.32 6.42 6.03 5.86 6.16 5.44 3.92 2.72 2.02
SRP-II
  Interpersonal 4.12 5.44 7.02 8.33 8.99 9.20 9.19 9.09 9.07 8.95 8.44 7.27 5.81
  Disinhibition/Impulsivity 1.37 1.54 1.84 2.35 3.19 4.57 7.82 11.95 12.57 12.52 10.61 6.30 4.61
  Fearlessness 1.80 2.10 2.51 3.30 4.83 5.77 5.91 5.81 5.69 5.37 3.97 2.79 2.17
  Coldheartedness 1.30 1.54 1.99 2.82 4.14 5.49 6.04 6.32 6.57 6.68 6.64 6.08 4.80

Note. LSRP = Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale; PAI ANT: Personality Assessment Inventory—Antisocial Features Scale; PPI-SF = Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Short Form; SRP-II = Self- Report Psychopathy Scale-II.