Differential associations between mentalizing dimensions and psychopathy subtypes: the moderating role of borderline personality traits

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dc.authorid0000-0001-7339-2832
dc.contributor.authorÜnver, Buketen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-05T12:04:18Z
dc.date.available2025-11-05T12:04:18Z
dc.date.issued2025-10-15
dc.departmentIşık Üniversitesi, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümüen_US
dc.departmentIşık University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Psychologyen_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Psychopathy comprises primary and secondary subtypes with distinct affective-interpersonal profiles. Mentalizing, i.e., the capacity to understand one's own and others' mental states, may help explain this heterogeneity. This study tested how three mentalizing dimensions (Self-Related, Other-Related, and Motivation to Mentalize) relate to psychopathy subtypes and whether borderline personality traits (BPTs) moderate these associations.Methods Adults from a community sample (N = 953) completed validated measures of psychopathy, mentalizing, and BPTs. BPTs were modeled as a continuous variable. Multivariable linear regressions predicted primary and secondary psychopathy from the three mentalizing facets while adjusting for age, gender, socioeconomic status, and psychiatric diagnosis. Moderation was examined via interaction terms between each mentalizing facet and BPTs; significant interactions were probed at -1/0/+1 SD of BPT scores.Results Higher Motivation to Mentalize and greater Self-Related Mentalizing were uniquely associated with lower primary psychopathy; Other-Related Mentalizing was not a unique predictor. For secondary psychopathy, Self-Related Mentalizing and, to a lesser extent, Motivation to Mentalize were inversely associated; Other-Related Mentalizing was not significant. BPTs significantly moderated only the association between Motivation to Mentalize and primary psychopathy (stronger inverse association at higher BPTs); no moderation effects emerged for secondary psychopathy.Conclusion Findings indicate that motivation and self-related aspects of mentalizing are protective correlates of psychopathic traits, with moderation by BPTs limited to primary psychopathy. Targeting motivation to consider mental states and strengthening self-reflective capacity may enhance psychological intervention strategies, particularly for individuals high in primary psychopathy with elevated borderline features.en_US
dc.description.versionPublisher's Versionen_US
dc.identifier.citationÜnver, B. (2025). Differential associations between mentalizing dimensions and psychopathy subtypes: the moderating role of borderline personality traits. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1-9. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1685417en_US
dc.identifier.endpage9
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.pmid41169920
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105020269242
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11729/6777
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1685417
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001603041700001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorÜnver, Buketen_US
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0001-7339-2832
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Media SAen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Psychologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectPsychopathyen_US
dc.subjectMentalizingen_US
dc.subjectBorderline personalityen_US
dc.subjectMotivation to mentalizeen_US
dc.subjectPersonality disordersen_US
dc.subjectDisorderen_US
dc.subjectOffendersen_US
dc.subjectSensitivityen_US
dc.subjectScaleen_US
dc.subjectMinden_US
dc.titleDifferential associations between mentalizing dimensions and psychopathy subtypes: the moderating role of borderline personality traitsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublicationen_US

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