title: Levels of psychopathy and its correlates: a study of incarcerated youths in three states.
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.
authors: University of South Florida, Department of Criminology, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. jac@gate.net
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Dembo
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: Jainchill
authors: Charles
authors: C
authors: Turner
authors: Chunki
authors: C
authors: Fong
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Farkas
authors: Kristina
authors: K
authors: Childs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013850:Thinking; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology