UNASSIGNED: Psychopathy and metacognitive difficulties have been associated with the occurrence of violence in @entity161 . However, evidence suggests that @entity10420 match or even outperform healthy controls on tests of metacognition. We hypothesize that the metacognitive difficulties associated with @entity161 may be ameliorated by comorbid psychopathy. To this end, metacognition (using the Metacognition Assessment Scale-Abbreviated [MAS-A]) and psychopathy (using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised [ @entity4351 -R]) are assessed in 79 @entity1 with @entity161 with a history of criminal offending. Piecewise regression reveals that the association between metacognition and psychopathy changes from a negative to a positive association at a breakpoint corresponding to a score of 24 on the @entity4351 -R. This score is within the range of the cut-off point used for the diagnosis of psychopathy in Europe, which corresponds to a score of 26 on the @entity4351 -R. The @entity1 scoring above 24 on the @entity4351 -R demonstrated better overall metacognitive abilities, suggesting that these @entity1 constitute a specific group in which @entity161 has an attenuated impairing effect on metacognition. However, this effect was absent for the Mastery subscale of the MAS-A, which refers to the ability to use one's own mental states to solve social and @entity458 . Our results suggest that the relative preservation of metacognitive abilities in @entity161 @entity1 with extreme levels of psychopathy may contribute to their offending behavior as it may enable them to understand how to manipulate and extort their victims. However, enhancing the Mastery domain of metacognition in these @entity1 may attenuate this offending behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record

Metacognitive Impairments in XXXX Are Arrested at Extreme Levels of Psychopathy: The Cut-Off Effect.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity10420 :: ('MESH:D000987', 'Disease') :: ['nonschizophrenic psychopaths'] @entity458 :: ('MESH:D020018', 'Disease') :: ['psychological dilemmas'] @entity4351 :: ('CHEBI:60736', 'Chemical') :: ['PCL'] @entity161 :: ('MESH:D012559', 'Disease') :: ['schizophrenia', 'schizophrenic']
@entity161 :: (MESH:D012559,Disease) :: ['Schizophrenia']
