Empathy deficits and trait emotional intelligence in psychopathy and Machiavellianism

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Ali, Farah; Amorim, Ines Sousa and Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas. 2009. Empathy deficits and trait emotional intelligence in psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(7), pp. 758-762. ISSN 01918869 [Article]

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.016

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This study investigated the relationships between psychopathy (primary and secondary), Machiavellianism, trait emotional intelligence and empathy, using an image task that required an appropriate empathic response to the emotional displays of others (happy, sad and neutral). Results indicated that primary psychopathy and Machiavellianism were positively associated with the experience of positive affect from sad stimuli, while secondary psychopathy and Machiavellianism were positively associated with the experience of negative affect in response to neutral stimuli, and the opposite pattern was found for trait emotional intelligence. Regressional analyses demonstrated that secondary psychopathy, Machiavellianism, trait emotional intelligence and state anxiety are important predictors when stimuli are ambiguous.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.016