Reliability and validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version in Dutch female adolescents.
In the present study, the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (Psychopathie Checklist: Jeugd Versie; De Ruiter, Kuin, De Vries & Das, 2002) were examined in a sample of female adolescents admitted to a secure treatment institution (N=67). The study provides mixed support for the internal reliability of the PCL:YV in female adolescents. Interrater reliability was found to be adequate at the level of factor and total PCL:YV scores. Poor reliability was demonstrated for the behavioral items of the PCL:YV in particular. Finally, the construct validity of the PCL:YV total and factor scores was supported by theoretically meaningful and significant associations with scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Interpersonal Checklist-Revised (ICL-R). The applicability of PCL:YV items to female adolescents is discussed.
Jongerenhuis Harreveld, The Netherlands.
Jacqueline
J
Das
Corine
C
de Ruiter
Theo
T
Doreleijers
D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008403:Mass Screening; D009426:Netherlands; D015588:Observer Variation; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors