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The Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire: Development and Validation.

Guillaume Durand¹

¹a Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology , Maastricht University , The Netherlands.

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Summary

The Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire (DAPTQ) identifies positive psychopathy traits like leadership and fearlessness. This new tool shows promise for measuring these adaptive personality characteristics.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Personality Science
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Psychopathy is often viewed negatively, but research suggests adaptive traits associated with it exist.
These adaptive traits include stress immunity, social adeptness, leadership, and fearlessness.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and validate the Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire (DAPTQ).
To assess adaptive traits correlated with psychopathic personality.

Main Methods:

The DAPTQ was administered to 765 community individuals.
A 9-factor solution was identified: Leadership, Logical Thinking, Composure, Creativity, Fearlessness, Money Smart, Focus, Extroversion, and Management.
Internal consistency, convergent validity, and divergent validity were assessed.

Main Results:

The DAPTQ demonstrated good internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha .68–.88).
Validation supported the 9-factor structure of adaptive psychopathic traits.
Convergent and divergent validity were confirmed using established psychopathy measures.

Conclusions:

The DAPTQ shows potential as a valid instrument for measuring adaptive traits associated with psychopathy.
Further research is needed to validate the DAPTQ across diverse populations and personality constructs.