title: Validity of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short Version in Justice-Involved and At-Risk Adolescents.
abstract: The current study examined the reliability and validity of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short Version (YPI-S) in two different samples of at-risk adolescents enrolled in a residential program ( n = 160) and at a detention facility ( n = 60) in the United States. YPI-S scores displayed adequate internal consistency and were moderately associated with concurrent scales on other self-report psychopathy measures and externalizing behaviors. YPI-S scores were moderately related to interviewer-ratings of the construct using the four-factor model of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version. Findings suggest that the YPI-S may be a clinically useful and valid tool for the assessment of psychopathic traits in juvenile settings. This may be particularly true given the differential predictive utility of each of its dimensions.
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher T A
authors.initials: CTA
authors.lastname: Gillen
authors.affiliation: 2 The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Emily A M
authors.initials: EAM
authors.lastname: MacDougall
authors.affiliation: 3 Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Adelle E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Forth
authors.affiliation: 4 Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.affiliation: 2 The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Randall T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Salekin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D057189:Checklist; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012306:Risk; D057566:Self Report; D015144:Southeastern United States
keywords: adolescence; assessment; factor analysis; psychopathy; self-report