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ArticleScientific reports2024

Social preferences and psychopathy in a sample of male prisoners-a pilot study.

Benjamin J Kuper-Smith, Alexander Voulgaris, Peer Briken, Johannes Fuss, Christoph W Korn

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Benjamin J Kuper-SmithSection Social Neuroscience, Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. bjks.science@gmail.com.
Alexander VoulgarisInstitute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Peer BrikenInstitute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Johannes FussInstitute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Christoph W KornSection Social Neuroscience, Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. christoph.korn@med.uni-heidelberg.de.

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Emmy Noether Research Group grant (392443797)
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Abstract

Social decisions are influenced by a person's social preferences. High psychopathy is defined by antisocial behaviour, but the relationship between psychopathy and social preferences remains unclear. In this study, we used a battery of economic games to study social decision-making and social preferences in relation to psychopathy in a sample of 35 male prison inmates, who were arrested for sexual and severe violent offenses (mean age = 39 years). We found no evidence for a relationship between social preferences (measured with the Dictator and Ultimatum Games, Social Value Orientation, and one-shot 2 × 2 games) and psychopathy (measured by the overall Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised score and both factors). These results are surprising but also difficult to interpret due to the small sample size. Our results contribute to the ongoing debate about psychopathy and social decision-making by providing crucial data that can be combined with future datasets to reach large sample sizes that can provide a more nuanced understanding about the relationship between psychopathy and social preferences.

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Antisocial Personality DisorderPrisonersAdultAggressionHumansMalePilot ProjectsSocial Behavior Disorders

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PMID38594328
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