Reliability and construct validity of the Dutch psychopathy checklist: youth version: findings from a sample of male adolescents in a juvenile justice treatment institution.
The present study examines the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a sample of male adolescents admitted to a secure juvenile justice treatment institution (N = 98). Hare's four-factor model is used to examine reliability and validity of the separate dimensions of psychopathy. Interrater reliabilities are good to excellent for the PCL:YV total score and most factor scores, except for the affective factor. Several suggestions are offered for optimizing reliability of this factor. Finally, meaningful associations between PCL:YV scores and scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent and the Interpersonal Checklist-Revised support the construct validity of the PCL:YV total score as well as the four factors in the Dutch context.
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Jacqueline
J
Jongerenhuis Harreveld.
de Ruiter
Corine
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Doreleijers
Theo
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Hillege
Sanne
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D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology; D011330:Prisons; D011594:Psychometrics; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000145:classification*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology; D013223:Statistics as Topic