The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) has proven a reliable and valid assessment procedure with incarcerated, adult, white offenders. We investigated the psychometric properties, factor structure, and evidence of validity for a modified version of the PCL-R in a sample of 130 incarcerated, black and white, adolescent offenders. These young offenders, arrested for felony offenses, typically had long criminal careers before being committed to the training school in which the study took place. / Interrater reliability and internal consistency were high for the modified version of the PCL-R, which was completed with file information only, without interviews. Coefficients of congruence revealed that the data did not greatly differ from the two-factor solution found for other populations. Significant differences with regard to race were not found for reliability, factor structure, or the distribution of psychopathy scores. / PCL-R scores related to psychometric measures and behavioral indicators of maladjustment similar to how they do in adult populations. How the PCL-R relates to the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was not adequately answered. Subjects rated high in psychopathy were free from confinement for a shorter period of time before receiving new referrals for law violations. This relationship was particularly true for violent re-offenses. / The construct of psychopathy appears to be applicable to both black and white adolescent offenders; the current study provides evidence of reliability and validity for the PCL-R in this population. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-09, Section: B, page: 4908. / Major Professor: Wallace A. Kennedy. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77011 |
| Contributors | Brandt, John Randall., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 109 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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