Guillaume Durand

Saint Paul University · Faculty of Human Sciences

Personality disorders, such as psychopathy, have a long history of stigmatization. Psychopaths are continually presented as criminals and feared due to their supposed aggressive tendencies, stemming from the excessive labelling of murderers as psychopaths by the media and popular culture. While previous research demonstrates the extent to which ind...

Although the term psychopathy is embedded with negativity, evidence points to the existence of another form of psychopathy, which involves adaptive traits such as stress and anxiety immunity, remarkable social skills, noteworthy leadership ability, and an absence of fear. The newly developed Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire (DAPTQ)...

Although highly debated, the notion of the existence of an adaptive side to psychopathy is supported by some researchers. Currently, 2 instruments assessing psychopathic traits include an adaptive component, which might not cover the full spectrum of adaptive psychopathic traits. The Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire (DAPTQ; Durand,...

Many studies have reported an effect of childhood maltreatment and parenting behavior with the future development of psychopathic traits. However, there is a limited amount of research on parenting behavior and adult psychopathic traits as possible identifiers of childhood maltreat-ment. The aim of this study is threefold (1) identify specific pare...

Background. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is commonly associated with poor organizational skills, as per the definition of ADHD. However, the contribution of each of the following factors (and their interactions) to the aforementioned poor organization, while comparing individuals with and without ADHD, has not been analyzed in-de...

Although multiple studies have suggested a negative relationship between psychopathic traits and cognitive abilities, a few identified positive associations between psychopathic traits and specific executive functions. This study examined the relationship between a set of cognitive functions and the adaptive traits associated with psychopathic pers...

The Same-Different task presents two stimuli in close succession and participants must indicate whether they are completely identical or if there are any attributes that differ. While the task is simple, its results have proven difficult to explain. Notably, response times are characterized by a fast-same effect whereby Same responses are faster th...

Although psychopathy is commonly considered exclusively maladaptive, there is growing literature on the benefits and positive outcomes observed in a subset of individuals displaying high levels of psychopathic traits. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between adaptive traits known to correlate with the psychopathic person...

Emotional intelligence and educational level are commonly associated with success in life and well-being. While multiple studies have explored these concepts independently, few studies have examined the impact of educational level on emotional intelligence and associated variables, such as well-being. A total of N = 202 participants were recruited...

Careless and inconsistent responding is a common issue with self-reported instruments, observed in approximately 10% of respondents. The purpose of this study was to develop an Inconsistency Responding Scale (IRS) for the Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire (DAPTQ). First, a derivation sample (N = 525) was used to develop the IRS-DAPT...

This study is a replication of Andreassen and colleagues (2013) [The relationships between behavioral addictions and the five-factor model of personality. Journal of Behavioral Addictions , 2(2), 90-99]. We partially replicated the findings of the original study. Our results support the role of personality, particularly conscientiousness, in predic...

Background Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting numerous executive functioning skills, such as organizational skills. While the relationship between the inattention aspect of ADHD and poor organizational skills is well documented, it is still unclear if lower organizational skills are only assoc...

Items and coding procedure of the Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire (DAPTQ)

Items du Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire

Psychopathy is commonly associated with maladaptive traits, which are detrimental to well-being in an organizational context. While all researchers agree that maladaptive traits are central to the concept of psychopathy, some scholars add that psychopathy can sometimes also encompass adaptive traits. This chapter offers a review of the impact of ps...

Organizational skills are a set of cognitive abilities responsible for goal-directed behaviors. While they are moderately studied in clinical settings, the assessment of organizational skills in the general population remains under-studied. This paper presents the new Durand Organizational Skills Questionnaire (DOSQ), which was developed to examine...

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that is often stigmatized in both the general population and in legal settings. Although individuals with psychopathy face significant stigma, individuals with elevated psychopathic traits may hold fewer stigmatizing beliefs about this population. It is unclear, however, if this relationship stems from feelings...

The present study is a replication of Ali and Chamorro-Premuzic (2010) [The dark side of love and life satisfaction: Associations with intimate relationships, psychopathy and Machiavellian-ism. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(2), 228-233]. We replicated the previous ndings, supporting the signicance of psychopathy and relationship compon...

This study presents a French translation and validation of the Durand Adaptive Psycho-pathic Traits Questionnaire (DAPTQ; Durand, 2017), an instrument for assessing adaptive traits known to correlate with the psychopathic personality. The first sample, which included individuals from France and Canada (N = 135, 52% in France, M age = 26.98, SD = 9....

The present study is a replication of Wilson and McCarthy (2011) [Greed is good? Student disciplinary choice and self-reported psychopathy. Personality and Individual Differences, 51(7), 873-876]. We replicated the previous ndings, supporting higher levels of primary psychopathic traits, as measured by Meanness, in commerce students in comparison t...

Recent findings have provided evidence for a negative correlation between psychopathy and happiness. In order to determine if this correlation is generalizable to all subtypes of psychopathy, participants from the community (N = 572) were recruited to examine happiness-related features among males and females by psychopathic subtypes. Examination o...

The relationship between psychopathy and internalizing behaviours, such as fear of pain, anxiety, and stress, is highly debated due to conflicting results found across a wide array of studies. We hypothesized a negative relationship between higher display of Fearless Dominance and fear of pain, anxiety, and stress as well as a positive relationship...

The present study is a replication and an extension of Dussault, Hojjat, and Boone (2013). Machiavellianism and dating: Deception and intimacy. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 41(2), 283-294. The results support the positive association between Machiavel-lianism and the use of deceptive dating strategies, but fail to dete...

While the majority of previous studies assessing pain-related variables in psychopaths used electric shocks, little is known about the effectiveness of alternative pain-inducing methods to increase emotional responses such as fear and anxiety. A small sample of healthy undergraduate men (N = 15) was recruited to assess the effectiveness of a heat s...

The present study is a replication of Falkenbach, Howe, and Falki (2013). Using selfesteem to disaggregate psychopathy, narcissism, and aggression. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(7), 815-820.

The study of mental processes is at the forefront of research in cognitive psychology. However, the abilityto identify the architectures responsible for specific behaviors is often quite difficult. To alleviate this difficulty, recentprogress in mathematical psychology has brought forth Systems Factorial Technology (SFT; Townsend and Nozawa, 1995)....

L’étude des processus mentaux est centrale pour la recherche en sciences cognitives. Cependant, il est difficile d’obtenir de l’information permettant de déterminer l’architecture interne et le fonctionnement de ces processus mentaux. Le System Factorial Technology est un outil d’analyse permettant de déterminer l’architecture interne, c’est-à-dire...