Miriam J Hofmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4626945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miriam J Hofmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miriam J |
| FAMILY NAME | Hofmann |
| SIGNATURE | HOFMANN M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chair of Personality, Legal Psychology, and Assessment, Faculty of Psychology FernUniversität in Hagen Hagen Germany |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1460-0931 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Measures of Subclinical Psychopathy and Everyday Sadism are Still Redundant
OBJECTIVE: Various psychological concepts with different names reflect essentially the same content. A recent study (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112102) found short scales of subclinical psychopathy and everyday sadism to be affected by this so-called jangle fallacy: Latent factors of psychopathy and everyday sadism were almost perfectly correlated, the nomological networks of psychopathy and sadism measures were almost identical, and in …
The joy of being frightened
OBJECTIVE: Psychopathic traits are associated with abnormalities in fear processing. While traditional theories focus on a lack of fear, Hosker-Field et al. (2016) provided a new perspective. They suggested that individuals with elevated psychopathic traits may experience threatening situations with appreciation or positivity, resulting in reduced negative fear responses and heightened positive responses (fear enjoyment hypothesis, FEH). METHOD: …
Fearless but anxious? A systematic review on the utility of fear and anxiety levels to classify subtypes of psychopathy
Psychopathic traits have been linked to anomalies in experiencing fear and anxiety. It remains unclear, however, to what extent fear and anxiety levels are useful parameters to effectively distinguish between subtypes of psychopathy. Therefore, we aimed to elucidate whether different psychopathic phenotypes (primary and secondary psychopathy) can be delineated based on fear/anxiety levels. To investigate associations between psychopathic traits a…
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Fearless but anxious? A systematic review on the utility of fear and anxiety levels to classify subtypes of psychopathy
Psychopathic traits have been linked to anomalies in experiencing fear and anxiety. It remains unclear, however, to what extent fear and anxiety levels are useful parameters to effectively distinguish between subtypes of psychopathy. Therefore, we aimed to elucidate whether different psychopathic phenotypes (primary and secondary psychopathy) can be delineated based on fear/anxiety levels. To investigate associations between psychopathic traits a…
The joy of being frightened
OBJECTIVE: Psychopathic traits are associated with abnormalities in fear processing. While traditional theories focus on a lack of fear, Hosker-Field et al. (2016) provided a new perspective. They suggested that individuals with elevated psychopathic traits may experience threatening situations with appreciation or positivity, resulting in reduced negative fear responses and heightened positive responses (fear enjoyment hypothesis, FEH). METHOD: …
Measures of Subclinical Psychopathy and Everyday Sadism are Still Redundant
OBJECTIVE: Various psychological concepts with different names reflect essentially the same content. A recent study (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112102) found short scales of subclinical psychopathy and everyday sadism to be affected by this so-called jangle fallacy: Latent factors of psychopathy and everyday sadism were almost perfectly correlated, the nomological networks of psychopathy and sadism measures were almost identical, and in …
Developmental psychology (2 works) · Personality (2 works) · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Psychopathy (2 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Antisocial personality disorder (1 work) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (1 work) · Big Five personality traits (1 work)