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Papers by Joseph Tatar

Research paper thumbnail of Psychopathy in the Transition to Adulthood: Subtypes, Stability, and Offending

Author(s): Tatar II, Joseph Ray | Advisor(s): Cauffman, Elizabeth; Skeem, Jennifer L | Abstract: ... more Author(s): Tatar II, Joseph Ray | Advisor(s): Cauffman, Elizabeth; Skeem, Jennifer L | Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this dissertation is two-fold. First, this project examines instability in psychopathic traits from adolescence to adulthood. The second goal is to examine how well psychopathic traits, assessed in adolescence, predict short- and long-term offending. Specific attention is paid to differences in stability and antisocial behavior between youth measured to be high and low in psychopathic traits as well as between psychopathy subtypes. Method: The first study uses various methods to assess personality stability (e.g. rank-order, mean-level, individual-level, ipsative, and predictive stability) to examine the potential for change in psychopathic traits from adolescence to adulthood. The second study addresses how well adolescent assessments of psychopathic traits predict risk for short- and long-term offending and aggression. Both studies examine a sample of former m...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating Parole Reform: Parole Agent Attitudes toward Rehabilitation

Research paper thumbnail of Does Asian Ethnicity Moderate the Relation Between Psychopathy Measures and Indices of Emotional Expression

Cultural differences can limit the generalizability of personality measures from one ethnic group... more Cultural differences can limit the generalizability of personality measures from one ethnic group to another. Although emotional deficits are viewed as key components of psychopathy Caucasian and Asian groups have been shown to differ in psychopathy-relevant indices of emotional ...

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of psychopathy on the relation between social context and offending

Research paper thumbnail of The impact of waiver to adult court on youths’ perceptions of procedural justice

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Research paper thumbnail of How well do juvenile risk assessments measure factors to target in treatment? Examining construct validity

Psychological assessment, 2017

There has been a surge of interest in using 1 type of risk assessment instrument to tailor treatm... more There has been a surge of interest in using 1 type of risk assessment instrument to tailor treatment to juveniles to reduce recidivism. Unlike prediction-oriented instruments, these reduction-oriented instruments explicitly measure variable risk factors as "needs" to be addressed in treatment. There is little evidence, however, that the instruments accurately measure specific risk factors. Based on a sample of 237 serious juvenile offenders (Mage = 18, SD = 1.6), we tested whether California Youth Assessment Inventory (CA-YASI) scores validly assess the risk factors they purport to assess. Youth were assessed by practitioners with good interrater reliability on the CA-YASI, and by research staff on a battery of validated, multimethod criterion measures of target constructs. We meta-analytically tested whether each CA-YASI risk domain score (e.g., Attitudes) related more strongly to scores on convergent measures of theoretically similar constructs (e.g., criminal thinking s...

Research paper thumbnail of The California Parole Supervision and Rehabilitation Model (CPSRM): Translating Risk-Needs-Responsivity to Real-World Settings

Research paper thumbnail of Does Asian Ethnicity Moderate the Relation Between Psychopathy Measures and Indices of Emotional Expression?

Cultural differences can limit the generalizability of personality measures from one ethnic group... more Cultural differences can limit the generalizability of personality measures from one ethnic group to another. Although emotional deficits are viewed as key components of psychopathy Caucasian and Asian groups have been shown to differ in psychopathy-relevant indices of emotional ...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating Parole Reform: Parole Agent Attitudes toward Rehabilitation

Research paper thumbnail of The importance of (anti)social influence in serious juvenile offenders with psychopathic traits

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Offenders with mental disorder have criminogenic needs, too: Toward recidivism reduction

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of psychopathy on the relation between social context and offending

Research paper thumbnail of Victimization History and Posttraumatic Stress: An Analysis of Psychopathy Variants in Male Juvenile Offenders

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 19361521 2012 671794, Apr 1, 2012

Theory and empirical research suggest that psychopathy may be disaggregated into primary and seco... more Theory and empirical research suggest that psychopathy may be disaggregated into primary and secondary variants. In practice, individuals with high scores on psychopathy measures are treated as a homogenous group. In this study, interviewers recruited 355 incarcerated youth to assess potential differences in trauma history, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and dissociative symptoms among high-anxious (secondary) and low-anxious (primary) variants

Research paper thumbnail of The California Parole Supervision and Reintegration Model: Parole Reform Impact on Parolee Attitudes and Reentry

Research paper thumbnail of The California Parole Supervision and Rehabilitation Model (CPSRM): Translating Risk-Needs-Responsivity to Real-World Settings

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of external sources of monitoring on youth delinquency: Role of callous-unemotional traits

Research paper thumbnail of Determining Callous-Unemotional Traits As a Qualifier for DSM-V Diagnosis of Conduct Disorder

Research paper thumbnail of More Than a Nuisance: The Prevalence and Consequences of Frotteurism and Exhibitionism

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2014

Despite indications that acts of frotteurism and exhibitionism are frequent occurrences, these se... more Despite indications that acts of frotteurism and exhibitionism are frequent occurrences, these sexual paraphilias have received little empirical attention. To address this gap in our knowledge about these paraphilias, 459 undergraduate students in a major metropolitan city completed a self-report measure designed to investigate the frequency and correlates of frotteurism and exhibitionism. Results indicate a high rate of victimization among female college students for both paraphilias. Furthermore, acts of frotteurism and exhibitionism most often occurred in places related to public transportation (e.g., subway trains or platforms) in this urban setting. In addition, victims reported a number of negative outcomes as a consequence of victimization, including feelings of violation, changes in behavior, and even long-term psychological distress. Older females were the most likely to be victimized. These findings are discussed as they pertain to the prevention and deterrence of paraphilic sexual acts.

Research paper thumbnail of Perceptions of procedural justice among female offenders: Time does not heal all wounds

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2012

... While outcome fairness and favorability have seemingly obvious effects on attitudes and behav... more ... While outcome fairness and favorability have seemingly obvious effects on attitudes and behavior (McFarlin & Sweeney, 1992), the perceived ... Joseph R. Tatar II and Elizabeth Cauffman, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine; Suzanne O ...

Research paper thumbnail of Substance-related disorders among juvenile offenders: What role do psychopathic traits play?

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2012

Substance use disorders are associated with psychopathy, a personality disorder that is heterogen... more Substance use disorders are associated with psychopathy, a personality disorder that is heterogeneous in both adults and youth; secondary variants of psychopathy with comorbid psychopathology and primary variants without comorbidity show distinct correlates and outcomes. In adult criminal populations, secondary variants report greater substance abuse compared with primary variants. The primary aim of this study is to replicate and extend these findings to a juvenile offender population. Compared with primary variants of juvenile psychopathy, secondary variants (a) reported significantly more frequent substance-particularly alcohol-use within the six months prior to incarceration (d = .43), (b) were almost twice as likely to abuse substances while incarcerated, and (c) were more likely to be diagnosed with a current DSM-IV substance use disorder. Practical implications for working with justice-involved youth are discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Psychopathy in the Transition to Adulthood: Subtypes, Stability, and Offending

Author(s): Tatar II, Joseph Ray | Advisor(s): Cauffman, Elizabeth; Skeem, Jennifer L | Abstract: ... more Author(s): Tatar II, Joseph Ray | Advisor(s): Cauffman, Elizabeth; Skeem, Jennifer L | Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this dissertation is two-fold. First, this project examines instability in psychopathic traits from adolescence to adulthood. The second goal is to examine how well psychopathic traits, assessed in adolescence, predict short- and long-term offending. Specific attention is paid to differences in stability and antisocial behavior between youth measured to be high and low in psychopathic traits as well as between psychopathy subtypes. Method: The first study uses various methods to assess personality stability (e.g. rank-order, mean-level, individual-level, ipsative, and predictive stability) to examine the potential for change in psychopathic traits from adolescence to adulthood. The second study addresses how well adolescent assessments of psychopathic traits predict risk for short- and long-term offending and aggression. Both studies examine a sample of former m...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating Parole Reform: Parole Agent Attitudes toward Rehabilitation

Research paper thumbnail of Does Asian Ethnicity Moderate the Relation Between Psychopathy Measures and Indices of Emotional Expression

Cultural differences can limit the generalizability of personality measures from one ethnic group... more Cultural differences can limit the generalizability of personality measures from one ethnic group to another. Although emotional deficits are viewed as key components of psychopathy Caucasian and Asian groups have been shown to differ in psychopathy-relevant indices of emotional ...

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of psychopathy on the relation between social context and offending

Research paper thumbnail of The impact of waiver to adult court on youths’ perceptions of procedural justice

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Research paper thumbnail of How well do juvenile risk assessments measure factors to target in treatment? Examining construct validity

Psychological assessment, 2017

There has been a surge of interest in using 1 type of risk assessment instrument to tailor treatm... more There has been a surge of interest in using 1 type of risk assessment instrument to tailor treatment to juveniles to reduce recidivism. Unlike prediction-oriented instruments, these reduction-oriented instruments explicitly measure variable risk factors as "needs" to be addressed in treatment. There is little evidence, however, that the instruments accurately measure specific risk factors. Based on a sample of 237 serious juvenile offenders (Mage = 18, SD = 1.6), we tested whether California Youth Assessment Inventory (CA-YASI) scores validly assess the risk factors they purport to assess. Youth were assessed by practitioners with good interrater reliability on the CA-YASI, and by research staff on a battery of validated, multimethod criterion measures of target constructs. We meta-analytically tested whether each CA-YASI risk domain score (e.g., Attitudes) related more strongly to scores on convergent measures of theoretically similar constructs (e.g., criminal thinking s...

Research paper thumbnail of The California Parole Supervision and Rehabilitation Model (CPSRM): Translating Risk-Needs-Responsivity to Real-World Settings

Research paper thumbnail of Does Asian Ethnicity Moderate the Relation Between Psychopathy Measures and Indices of Emotional Expression?

Cultural differences can limit the generalizability of personality measures from one ethnic group... more Cultural differences can limit the generalizability of personality measures from one ethnic group to another. Although emotional deficits are viewed as key components of psychopathy Caucasian and Asian groups have been shown to differ in psychopathy-relevant indices of emotional ...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating Parole Reform: Parole Agent Attitudes toward Rehabilitation

Research paper thumbnail of The importance of (anti)social influence in serious juvenile offenders with psychopathic traits

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Offenders with mental disorder have criminogenic needs, too: Toward recidivism reduction

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of psychopathy on the relation between social context and offending

Research paper thumbnail of Victimization History and Posttraumatic Stress: An Analysis of Psychopathy Variants in Male Juvenile Offenders

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 19361521 2012 671794, Apr 1, 2012

Theory and empirical research suggest that psychopathy may be disaggregated into primary and seco... more Theory and empirical research suggest that psychopathy may be disaggregated into primary and secondary variants. In practice, individuals with high scores on psychopathy measures are treated as a homogenous group. In this study, interviewers recruited 355 incarcerated youth to assess potential differences in trauma history, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and dissociative symptoms among high-anxious (secondary) and low-anxious (primary) variants

Research paper thumbnail of The California Parole Supervision and Reintegration Model: Parole Reform Impact on Parolee Attitudes and Reentry

Research paper thumbnail of The California Parole Supervision and Rehabilitation Model (CPSRM): Translating Risk-Needs-Responsivity to Real-World Settings

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of external sources of monitoring on youth delinquency: Role of callous-unemotional traits

Research paper thumbnail of Determining Callous-Unemotional Traits As a Qualifier for DSM-V Diagnosis of Conduct Disorder

Research paper thumbnail of More Than a Nuisance: The Prevalence and Consequences of Frotteurism and Exhibitionism

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2014

Despite indications that acts of frotteurism and exhibitionism are frequent occurrences, these se... more Despite indications that acts of frotteurism and exhibitionism are frequent occurrences, these sexual paraphilias have received little empirical attention. To address this gap in our knowledge about these paraphilias, 459 undergraduate students in a major metropolitan city completed a self-report measure designed to investigate the frequency and correlates of frotteurism and exhibitionism. Results indicate a high rate of victimization among female college students for both paraphilias. Furthermore, acts of frotteurism and exhibitionism most often occurred in places related to public transportation (e.g., subway trains or platforms) in this urban setting. In addition, victims reported a number of negative outcomes as a consequence of victimization, including feelings of violation, changes in behavior, and even long-term psychological distress. Older females were the most likely to be victimized. These findings are discussed as they pertain to the prevention and deterrence of paraphilic sexual acts.

Research paper thumbnail of Perceptions of procedural justice among female offenders: Time does not heal all wounds

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2012

... While outcome fairness and favorability have seemingly obvious effects on attitudes and behav... more ... While outcome fairness and favorability have seemingly obvious effects on attitudes and behavior (McFarlin & Sweeney, 1992), the perceived ... Joseph R. Tatar II and Elizabeth Cauffman, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine; Suzanne O ...

Research paper thumbnail of Substance-related disorders among juvenile offenders: What role do psychopathic traits play?

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2012

Substance use disorders are associated with psychopathy, a personality disorder that is heterogen... more Substance use disorders are associated with psychopathy, a personality disorder that is heterogeneous in both adults and youth; secondary variants of psychopathy with comorbid psychopathology and primary variants without comorbidity show distinct correlates and outcomes. In adult criminal populations, secondary variants report greater substance abuse compared with primary variants. The primary aim of this study is to replicate and extend these findings to a juvenile offender population. Compared with primary variants of juvenile psychopathy, secondary variants (a) reported significantly more frequent substance-particularly alcohol-use within the six months prior to incarceration (d = .43), (b) were almost twice as likely to abuse substances while incarcerated, and (c) were more likely to be diagnosed with a current DSM-IV substance use disorder. Practical implications for working with justice-involved youth are discussed.