Xeno, read the review by the psychologist (who is an expert in psychopathy) in The New Republic that I cited.
Also see Wikipedia on the epidemiology of psychopathy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy#Epidemiology "A 2008 study using the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL: SV) found that 1.2% a US sample scored 13 or more [out of 24--JS] which indicates 'potential psychopathy'. Over half of those studied had scores of 0 or 1 and about two-thirds scored 2 or less. Higher scores were significantly associated with more violence, higher alcohol use, and estimated lower intelligence.[99] "A 2009 British study by Coid et al., also using the PCL: SV, reported a community prevalence of 0.6% scoring 13 or more. The lower prevalence than in the 2008 study may be due to the 2009 sample being more representative of the general population...." The 10 percent figure assumed by Dutton suggests he is using an extremely loose definition of psychopathy. Plus which, of course, it's not at all clear that members of FFL are anything like a representative sample of the population. Oh, and only about 3 percent of the members of FFL actually post (as of the last Post Count). (BTW, your sentence "It could be, for example, that the highest percentage of psychopaths regularly post on the Yahoo group Fairfield Life" makes no sense. Would you care to clarify?) I'm wondering why you seem to be intent on branding FFL members--or perhaps posters of your choice, specifically-- with the "psychopath" label. Are you aware that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) does not list psychopathy as a diagnosis, and that (according to Wikipedia) "no psychiatric or psychological organization has sanctioned a diagnosis of 'psychopathy' itself"? --- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > Link to this study, please? It would be interesting to > > > > know the basis for the compilation of these lists. > > > > > > I found the list here: > > > > > > http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/01/02/the-jobs-with-the-most-psychopaths/ > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/apwa5cl > > > > Thanks, but this doesn't really tell me what I wanted to know. > > > > Turns out it wasn't a study but a book, "The Wisdom of > > Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach > > Us About Success." > > > > Here's its Amazon page: > > > > http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Psychopaths-Killers-Success/dp/0374291357/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top > > > > http://tinyurl.com/a47cmos > > > > Reading the one- and two-star reviews is very informative > > with regard to what the writer's actual message is and > > suggests some skepticism is warranted about his > > conclusions. > > A friend sent me a link to that list (the one Alex found). The book is > published by FSG books, which publishes books, in part, for Scientific > American, and the book is being sold on the Scientific American website. > > The following Google search URL locates some papers by Dutton under the > Google Scholar search: > > http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Kevin+Dutton%22+%22Dutton%2C+K%22+%22Dutton%2C+Kevin%22+psychology&btnG=Submit&hl=en&as_sdt=1%2C7 > > I thought the list was interesting. Dutton seems to be into publishing. He > seems to be second or third, or further down the list of authors on the > scholarly papers. The book seems clearly aimed at a popular audience, and > thus we can conclude the conclusions will be subject to even more rigorous > contention than in a scholarly paper due to a more lax style of reporting. > > It could be, for example, that the highest percentage of psychopaths > regularly post on the Yahoo group Fairfield Life. At any rate, the list does > not show percentages or other statistical data that might throw some greater > clarity on this. One review I found mentioned that Dutton cited or > approximated, or perhaps guessed that 10% of the population is psychopathic. > That means perhaps about 100 people (actually 116.5) listed as members on FFL > might have those tendencies. >
