Psychopathic boldness tied to U.S. presidential success
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 16:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The fearless dominance associated with psychopathy may be an important predictor of U.S. presidential performance, suggests a new analysis. Fearless dominance, while linked to diminished social and physical apprehensiveness, appears to correlate with better-rated presidential performance for leadership, persuasiveness, crisis management and Congressional relations, the analysis showed.