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  • Behavioral Economics
  • Psychology
  • Criminology

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  • Psychopathy is a personality construct associated with antisocial behavior.
  • Understanding the economic decision-making of individuals with psychopathic traits is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between psychopathy and social-economic behaviors.
  • To examine how psychopathy influences cooperation, reciprocity, and corruption.

Main Methods:

  • A lab-in-the-field experiment was conducted with prison inmates.
  • Inmates participated in economic games: Prisoner's Dilemma, Trust Game, Equality Equivalence Test, and Corruption Game.
  • Psychopathy was assessed using the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (LSRP).

Main Results:

  • Higher LSRP scores correlated significantly with antisocial behaviors.
  • Reduced cooperation, weaker reciprocity, and lower benevolence were observed with higher psychopathy.
  • Increased bribe-taking in the corruption game was linked to higher LSRP primary and secondary scores.

Conclusions:

  • Psychopathy is associated with specific antisocial economic behaviors.
  • Individuals with higher psychopathy exhibit less prosocial economic decision-making.
  • Findings have implications for understanding behavior in correctional and other settings.