Self-Report Psychopathy (SRP)

The SRP scale was designed by Robert D. Hare as a self-report version of his Psychopathy Checklist (PCL) and its revision (PCL-R). Originally created using correctional and forensic populations, the PCL-R is a 20-item construct rating scale that conceptualizes psychopathy as a superordinate dimensional construct composed of four correlated factors: interpersonal (glibness/superficial charm, grandiose sense of self-worth, pathological lying, conning/manipulative), affective (lack of remorse or guilt, shallow affect, callous/lack of empathy, failure to accept responsibility for actions), lifestyle (need for stimulation/proneness to boredom, parasitic lifestyle, lack of realistic long-term goals, impulsivity, irresponsibility), and antisocial (poor behavioral controls, early behavior problems, juvenile delinquency, revocation of conditional release, criminal versatility). Based on a structured interview and file review, PCL-R items are scored on a 0–2 ordinal scale ...