1. Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version
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Ivanova-Serokhvostova, Anastasiya, Molinuevo, Beatriz, González, Leonor, Hilterman, Ed L. B., Pardo, Yolanda, Pera-Guardiola, Vanessa, Bonillo, Albert, Batalla, Iolanda, Torrubia, Rafael, and Forth, Adelle
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Sociopathic personality -- Diagnosis ,Teenagers -- Psychological aspects -- Health aspects -- Testing ,Youth -- Psychological aspects -- Health aspects -- Testing ,Psychological tests -- Evaluation ,Antisocial personality disorder -- Diagnosis ,Psychology and mental health - Abstract
The current study examined the psychometric properties (factor structure, reliability and validity) of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth et al., 2003 (See CR28)) in Spanish samples of male justice-involved youths between 15 and 22-years old. The PCL:YV was administered to two groups of youths who were incarcerated (n = 62; n = 95) and a sample of youth on probation (n = 122). Confirmatory factor analyses showed acceptable-to-good fit for three- and four-factor models. The four-factor hierarchical model with a second-order higher factor representing the whole psychopathy construct was considered for further analyses. PCL:YV scores showed high internal consistency and inter-rater reliability. Low-to-moderate convergence with other measures of psychopathic traits evinced an adequate convergent validity. Convergent and discriminant validity of the PCL:YV total scores were also confirmed considering several measures of psychopathology and personality traits. Importantly, the differential external correlates of the PCL:YV factors provide support for a multidimensional conceptualization of the psychopathy construct. Altogether, these results reveal adequate psychometric properties of the PCL:YV in Spanish population of justice-involved youths and justifies its use to assess psychopathic traits in this kind of populations., Author(s): Anastasiya Ivanova-Serokhvostova [sup.1] , Beatriz Molinuevo [sup.1] , Leonor González [sup.2] , Ed L. B. Hilterman [sup.3] [sup.4] , Yolanda Pardo [sup.1] [sup.5] [sup.12] , Vanessa Pera-Guardiola [sup.6] [sup.7] [...]
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- 2023
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