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  • Forensic Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neuroscience

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  • Psychopathy is characterized by emotional impairment, affecting empathy and social functioning.
  • Previous research has primarily focused on psychopathy and emotional intelligence (EI) in male populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between psychopathic traits and ability-based EI in female offenders.
  • To examine gender differences by integrating new female offender data with existing male offender data.
  • To enhance understanding of emotional functioning and EI in female offenders with psychopathic traits.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed psychopathic traits and ability-based emotional intelligence (EI) in a sample of female offenders.
  • Integrated findings with previously published data from male offenders (Ermer et al., 2012).
  • Analyzed associations between psychopathy and EI, including gender comparisons.

Main Results:

  • Female offenders demonstrated impairments in emotion understanding and management compared to the general population.
  • Female offenders exhibited higher overall EI scores than male offenders.
  • Affective psychopathic traits showed a minor association with emotion management difficulties in females; few gender differences emerged in psychopathy-EI relationships.

Conclusions:

  • Findings highlight emotional functioning deficits in female offenders with psychopathic traits.
  • The study contributes to understanding gender differences in emotional abilities within offender populations.
  • Results underscore the complex interplay between psychopathy, EI, and gender.