717 Journal of Personality Disorders, 26(5), 717–726, 2012 © 2012 The Guilford Press VIEWING PSYCHOPATHY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PERSONALITY PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FIVE MODEL: IMPLICATIONS FOR DSM-5 Dustin B. Wygant, PhD, and Martin Sellbom, PhD The current study examined the association between domains from the Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5; Harkness & McNulty, 1994) model, which is a dimensional model of pathological personality that corresponds closely to the proposed domains of the DSM-5, and psy- chopathy as indexed by the Psychopathy Checklist-Screening Version (PCL-SV; Hart, Cox, & Hare, 1995). The sample comprised 99 individu- als undergoing forensic psychological evaluations. The PSY-5 domain of Aggressiveness was strongly associated with the PCL-SV global mea- sure of psychopathy, as well as both PCL-SV parts and the four facets. The PSY-5 domain Disconstraint was preferentially associated with the behavioral facets of psychopathy, whereas low Negative Emotionality was related to the affective characteristics of the construct. These find- ings have implications for the Antisocial/Psychopathic prototype pro- posed for the DSM-5. The psychopathic personality is one that is characterized by deficiencies in affective processing (e.g., impaired fear-processing, callousness, shal- low affect), interpersonal characteristics (e.g., grandiosity, deceitfulness), and behavioral dysfunction (e.g., impulsivity, stimulation seeking; see e.g., Hare & Neumann, 2008; Patrick, Fowles, & Krueger, 2009). This per- sonality disorder is particularly important to consider in the criminal jus- tice system given that it has been found to be a robust predictor of crimi- nal behavior, recidivism, violent behavior, and sexual aggression (Hare & Neumann, 2008). Indeed, psychopathic individuals involved in the crimi- nal justice system have been found to commit more offenses (Kosson, Smith, & Newman, 1990; Wong, 1985), engage in a greater variety of crim- This article was accepted under the editorship of Paul S. Links. From Eastern Kentucky University (D. B. W.); and The University of Alabama (M. S.). This project was supported in part by a Junior Faculty Summer Research Award from the Eastern Kentucky University College of Arts and Sciences. Address correspondence to Dustin B. Wygant, PhD, Department of Psychology, Eastern Ken- tucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave., Richmond, KY 40475; E-mail: dustin.wygant@eku.edu.