TRACKING PSYCHOPATHY IN FEMALE ITALIAN INMATES: THE ROLE OF THE DSM-5 ALTERNATIVE MODEL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS DYSFUNCTIONAL PERSONALITY DOMAINS

Objective: The present study aimed at testing the relationships between measures of psychopathy and measures of the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) domains in a sample of female offenders who were serving their sentences in Italian prisons.Method: Thirty-eight Italian adult female inmates were underwent the Italian versions of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) and of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Informant Report Form (PID-5-IRF).Results: According to MM robust regression analysis results, high scores on the PID-5-IRF Disinhibition domain scale and low scores on the PID-5-IRF Anxiousness trait scale were significant and substantial predictors of the PCL-R total score.Conclusions: As a whole, our findings support the hypothesis that assessing the DSM-5 AMPD domains (and traits) may be important for tracking psychopathy in female inmates.