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Table 6 Disattenuated bivariate correlations between Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised scales and factors and Five Factor Model: US and Egyptian samples

From: Self-reported psychopathy in the Middle East: a cross-national comparison across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United States

PPI-R scale/factor

N

E

A

C

Scale

 Machiavellian Egocentricity (ME)

.19/.24

-.15/-.23

-.75/-.76

-.39/-.04

 Rebellious Nonconformity (RN)

.14/.12

-.14/-.42

-.51/-.86

-.47/-.31

 Blame Externalization (BE)

.55/.47

-.32/-.51

-.59/-.79

-.40/-.24

 Carefree Nonplanfulness (CN)

.30/.41

-.26/-.65

-.48/-.59

-.76/-.87

 Social Influence (SOI)

-.48/-.66

.65/.45

.03/.26

.21/.31

 Fearlessness (F)

-.24/-.20

.18/.17

-.24/-.19

-.20/-.17

 Stress Immunity (STI)

-.82/-.69

.23/.06

.08/.00

.15/.13

 Self-Centered Impulsivity (SCI)

.36/.36

-.27/-.52

-.72/-.92

-.64/-.40

 Fearless Dominance (FD)

-.67/-.73

.49/.33

-.08/.01

.05/.11

 Coldheartedness (C)

-.17/.21

-.30/-.63

-.66/-.70

-.26/-.37

  1. Note. US sample (N = 786) is on the left and Egyptian sample (N = 288) is on the right. Correlations in italics are significantly different from one another (Fisher’s z-test) at p < .05. Correlations in boldface are significantly different from one another (Fisher’s z-test) at p < .01
  2. As described in the text, Openness was not included in analyses
  3. PPI-R = Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised
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