title: The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the four-factor model of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R) empirical construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population by using instruments that supply different types of data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and nine male inmates of the Prison of Los Andes, Chile, were evaluated. Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out with the PCL-R and the Self-Report of Psychopathy - III - Short Form (SRP-III-SF).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The distributions of total PCL-R and SRP-III-SF scores were normal (Kolmorogov-Smirnov [K-S] = 1.04, p = 0.230; K-S = 0.812, p = 0.525, respectively), with means of 20.9 ± 6.8 for the former and 61.6 ± 15.2 for the latter. Model fit was good for the PCL-R (Tucker Lewis index [TLI] = 0.96; root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.04) and for the SRP-SF (TLI = 0.94, RMSEA = 0.04).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results obtained with the PCL-R and the SRP-SF showed adequate fit to the empirical four-factor model of psychopathy and support this model. As foreseeable, fit was better for the PCL-R, which combines several sources of information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: León-Mayer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: Jorge O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Folino
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.affiliation: The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hare
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D057189:Checklist; D002677:Chile; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018187:Personal Construct Theory; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric