The relationship between psychopathic traits measured by the Youth Psychopathic trait Inventory and psychopathology in a UK sample of conduct disordered boys.
The Youth Psychopathy traits Inventory (YPI) is a newly developed self-report measure of psychopathy. There are no studies looking at the validity of this measure in UK samples. We assessed 115 male adolescents (mean age 16.22 years) with DSM-IV conduct disorder on a range of measures including the YPI, Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and the Impulsivity-Venturesomeness-Empathy Questionnaire (IVE). The YPI had showed the expected positive correlations with aggression, delinquency and impulsivity. The YPI was able to identify a "psychopathic-like" subgroup with higher impulsive/aggressive and delinquent scores and lower empathy. The YPI may be of value as a screening tool for cases that require further assessment and evaluation using interview based measures of psychopathic traits.
Dolan
Mairead C
MC
Division of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Manchester, UK; Edenfield Centre, Bolton, Salford & Trafford Mental Health Trust, UK. mairead.dolan@bstmht.nhs.uk
Rennie
Charlotte E
CE
D000293:Adolescent; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011599:Psychopathology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires