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Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

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01-08-2012

Assessment of Psychopathic Traits in an Incarcerated Adolescent Sample: A Methodological Comparison

Auteurs: Brandi C. Fink, Adam S. Tant, Katherine Tremba, Kent A. Kiehl

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 6/2012

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 caregiver-report 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; PCL-YV), 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 (N = 35). 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.

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Titel: Assessment of Psychopathic Traits in an Incarcerated Adolescent Sample: A Methodological Comparison
Auteurs: Brandi C. Fink
Adam S. Tant
Katherine Tremba
Kent A. Kiehl
Publicatiedatum: 01-08-2012
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 6/2012
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-012-9614-y

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