Title of article :
Assessment of Psychopathic Traits in an Incarcerated Adolescent Sample: A Methodological Comparison
Author/Authors :
Brandi C. Fink، نويسنده , , Adam S. Tant، نويسنده , , Katherine Tremba & Kent A. Kiehl، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
دوماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Pages :
16
From page :
971
To page :
986
Abstract :
Analyses of convergent validity and group assignment using self-report, caregiver-report and interview-based measures of adolescent psychopathy were conducted in a sample of 160 incarcerated adolescents. Results reveal significant convergent validity between caregiver-report measures of adolescent psychopathy, significant convergent validity between self-report measures of adolescent psychopathy and an interviewer rating scale, but not between the caregiverreport measures and their corresponding self-report measures nor between the caregiver-report measures and the interviewer rating scale. Analyses of group assignment were also poorer than expected among all the measures with none evidencing significant agreement with the expert-rated device (Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Youth Version; PCLYV), the most common forensic instrument used in clinical practice. Part of the poor agreement may be related to the poor psychometric performance of the callous-unemotional subscale of most of these measures and the low response rates from caregivers (N035). These findings suggest that the measures do not provide an interchangeable assessment of callous-unemotional traits and suggest that further refinement of the measurement of callous-unemotional traits in youth may be warranted.
Keywords :
PCL-YV. Callous-unemotional traits . Youthpsychopathy assessment
Journal title :
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Serial Year :
2012
Journal title :
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Record number :
829355
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