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Abstract
Culture of honor, psychopathy, and aggression: An examination of how regional differences and personality traits relate to aggression
By Meredith K. Jones

The relationships between psychopathy and aggression as well as culture of honor (COH) and aggression are well-established. Nevertheless, it is unknown how, if at all, psychopathy and COH combine or interact to influence risk for aggression. The present study investigated whether an interaction between psychopathy and COH would account for more variance in aggressive behavior than either psychopathy or COH alone. A total of 144 Emory undergraduates participated in the study. 63 participants completed selfreport measures of psychopathy, COH, aggression, executive functioning, and alcohol consumption. An additional 81 participants were administered an insult manipulation directed towards measuring laboratory aggression, and also completed all self-report measures. COH was measured in several ways, via region (North versus South), city size, and endorsement of self-report measures. Aggression was also measured in several ways, via laboratory measures, cognitive biases toward aggression, and self-reports of physical and relational aggression. Findings suggested that COH did not moderate the relationship between psychopathy and aggression. Relationships between psychopathy and relational aggression and COH and relational aggression were observed. The findings suggested that there may be limits to the relationship between COH and aggression, and that future research should be directed towards a clearer definition of the COH construct.

Culture of honor, psychopathy, and aggression: An examination of how regional differences and personality traits relate to aggression
By
Meredith K. Jones
A.B., Dartmouth College, 2005
M.A., Emory University, 2007
Advisor: Scott Lilienfeld, Ph.D.
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the
James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies of Emory University
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in Clinical Psychology
2010

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Table of Contents
Introduction...1
Method...24
Results...34
Discussion...53
References...71
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Figure captions...125
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Appendix A...134
Appendix B...135
Appendix C...136
Appendix D...137
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Appendix F...141
Appendix G...142
Appendix H...143
Appendix I...144
Appendix J...145
Appendix K...146
Appendix L...149
Appendix M...150
Appendix N...151
Appendix O...153

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School	Laney Graduate School
Department	Psychology
Degree	PhD
Submission	Dissertation
Language	English
Research Field	Psychology, Clinical
Keyword	psychopathy culture of honor aggression
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Lilienfeld, Scott O, Emory University
Committee Members	Agnew, Robert S, Emory University Westen, Drew, Emory University Rochat, Philippe, Emory University Brennan, Patricia, Emory University

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