Four-facet PCL-R structure and cognitive functioning among high violent criminal offenders.
High violent inmates (N = 126) were administered the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, Clark, Grann, & Thornton, 2000; Hare et al., 1990) and neuropsychological measures. No significant correlations were present between the overall PCL-R score and 14 cognitive measures. A violence score, computed as the total number of violent acts across all situations and types, was significantly correlated with the PCL-R total score and Facet 2 but not with the other three facets. Our data suggest that Facet 2 elevations may prove relevant to violence risk assessment; this link, however, needs further exploration with larger samples.
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Shoba
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Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA. Shoba.Sreenivasan@med.va.gov
Walker
Sarah Cusworth
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Weinberger
Linda E
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Kirkish
Patricia
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Garrick
Thomas
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*