title: Psychopathy in a Multiethnic World: Investigating Multiple Measures of Psychopathy in Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian Offenders.
abstract: Despite the forensic relevance of psychopathy and the overrepresentation of Hispanics in the United States' criminal justice system, these two issues remain underexplored, particularly with self-report measures of psychopathy. We investigated the criterion validity of three psychopathy measures among African Americans, Caucasians, and Hispanics in a sample of 1,742 offenders. More similarity than dissimilarity emerged across groups. The factor structures of psychopathy measures among Hispanic offenders were consistent with previous findings. Few significant differences emerged between Hispanic and Caucasian offenders, with most differences emerging between African Americans and the other ethnic groups. In such instances, the correlates of psychopathy were typically weaker for African Americans. The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised yielded fewer psychopathy × ethnicity interactions than the Psychopathic Personality Inventory and Levenson Primary and Secondary Psychopathy Scales. Overall, these psychopathy measures showed reasonable validity across these cultural groups.
authors.affiliation: 1 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Dylan T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Gatner
authors.affiliation: 1 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Adam J E
authors.initials: AJE
authors.lastname: Blanchard
authors.affiliation: 1 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Kevin S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.affiliation: 2 Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Scott O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Lilienfeld
authors.affiliation: 3 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Edens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012114:Residential Treatment; D057566:Self Report; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale; Psychopathic Personality Inventory; Psychopathy Checklist–Revised; ethnicity; psychopathy