The triarchic model of psychopathy conceptualizes variants of this clinical condition as expressions of three distinct biobehavioral dispositions, termed boldness, meanness, and disinhibition. As a trait-oriented model, the triarchic model situates psychopathy within a broader nomological network of personality and psychopathology, and has proven useful for characterizing how psychopathy relates to variables in these domains as well as to biological and behavioral variables. The current study was the first to examine sex differences in the external correlates of psychopathic traits as described by the triarchic model in a prison sample. Results were generally consistent with hypotheses: The triarchic traits related to measures of personality and psychopathology in patterns that were largely consistent across sex, but with some notable differences between males and females, in the correlates of disinhibition in particular. These included stronger associations for disinhibition with substance use problems, self-harm, and staff ratings of prison misbehavior among females compared to males. Findings from this study support the value of the triarchic model for understanding similarities and differences in the nomological network of psychopathy in incarcerated males and females.

精神病的三元模型将这种临床状况的变体概念化为三种不同的生物行为倾向的表达，称为大胆、卑鄙和去抑制。作为一个以特质为导向的模型，三元模型将精神病置于更广泛的人格和精神病理学规则网络中，并且已被证明可用于表征精神病如何与这些领域中的变量以及生物和行为变量相关联。目前的研究是第一个检查监狱样本中三元模型描述的精神病特征外部相关性的性别差异。结果与假设基本一致：与人格和精神病理学测量相关的三元特征在模式中在性别上基本一致，但在男性和女性之间存在一些显着差异，特别是在去抑制的相关性方面。其中包括与男性相比，女性在解除抑制与物质使用问题、自我伤害和监狱不当行为的工作人员评级方面有更强的关联。这项研究的结果支持了三元模型的价值，用于理解被监禁的男性和女性精神病律网络的异同。