Psychopathy and Moral Judgment Data on Fear Versus Physical Harm

Three studies by Elise M. Cardinale, last updated in 2020, investigate the impact of psychopathic traits on moral judgments. The data examines distinctions between judgments about causing emotional distress (fear) and causing physical harm.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between psychopathy scores and moral judgment ratings for scenarios causing fear.
• Model the predictive relationship between judgments about causing fear and measures of instrumental aggression.
• Compare the effect of psychopathic traits on moral judgments about physical harm versus judgments about emotional distress.

Strengths

• Data originates from three distinct studies, providing a basis for analysis.
• Explicitly separates moral judgments about causing fear from those about causing physical harm, a key methodological distinction.
• Published under a CC0 1.0 public domain license, enabling unrestricted reuse.

Limitations

• The specific sample sizes, number of participants, and data structure (rows/columns) are not provided.
• Data is from 2020 and may not reflect more recent research or populations.
• Geographic and demographic coverage of the study participants is unknown, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Dryad digital repository.

Collection Method

Data collected from three psychological studies conducted by the author.

Freshness

Last updated 2020-06-24.