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Levels of psychopathy and its correlates: a study of incarcerated youths in three states
Author(s) -
Dembo Richard,
Jainchill Nancy,
Turner Charles,
Fong Chunki,
Farkas Sarah,
Childs Kristina
Publication year - 2007
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.784
Subject(s) - psychopathy , juvenile delinquency , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , antisocial personality disorder , substance use , clinical psychology , poison control , injury prevention , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , medical emergency , personality
Abstract We report the results of a study on psychopathy and its correlates among 203 youths incarcerated in residential commitment programs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Delaware. Latent class analysis of the psychopathy data identified three classes of youths: low psychopathy, moderate psychopathy, and high psychopathy. Significant differences were found among the three groups in regard to their criminal thinking, delinquency, experience of stressful events, family relationships, and drug use. Conduct disordered, psychopathic youths were the most troubled among the youths studied. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.