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The relationship between psychopathic features, violence and treatment outcome: the comparison of three youth measures of psychopathic features
Author(s) -
Spain Sarah E.,
Douglas Kevin S.,
Poythress Norman G.,
Epstein Monica
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.576
Subject(s) - psychopathy , psychology , antisocial personality disorder , aggression , psychopathy checklist , juvenile delinquency , predictive validity , clinical psychology , poison control , injury prevention , recidivism , conduct disorder , incremental validity , human factors and ergonomics , developmental psychology , test validity , psychometrics , medicine , social psychology , medical emergency , personality
Few studies have compared self‐report and clinician‐administered measures of youth psychopathic features in juvenile‐justice settings in terms of antisocial behavior and treatment indices. In a sample of 85 adjudicated delinquents, the predictive validities of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD), the modified Childhood Psychopathy Scale (mCPS), and the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) were tested. Three indices of institutional antisocial behavior (physical aggression; verbal aggression; administrative infractions) and two indices of treatment progress (time to treatment level promotion; whether treatment levels were dropped) were used as external correlates. The self‐report measures (mCPS more so than APSD) were more consistently and strongly related to antisocial behavior and to the days required to progress in treatment than the PCL:YV. The following issues are discussed: (i) implications of the potential impact of measurement format on the understanding and predictive validity of youth psychopathy features and measures; (ii) the differential predictive validity of self‐report versus clinician‐administered measures; and (iii) the potential practical utility of measures of psychopathic features in youth. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.