title: Psychopathy and substance use in adolescent male offenders.
abstract: Previous research with incarcerated adult male offenders yielded correlations of .28 to .40 between measures of substance abuse and psychopathic characteristics. This comorbidity was replicated in 40 incarcerated adolescent male offenders. Drug and alcohol use was significantly correlated with the behavioral characteristics of psychopathy (r = .48 and .41, respectively).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. dmaillou@ccs.carleton.ca
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Mailloux
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Forth
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kroner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology