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  • An Examination of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) Among Male Adolescent Offenders: An Item Response Theory Analysis

    Author(s)
    Tsang, Siny
    Piquero, Alex R
    Cauffman, Elizabeth
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Piquero, Alex R.
    Year published
    2014
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    This study examined the applicability of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth, Kosson, & Hare, 2003) among a large sample of serious offending adolescent males. Adopting an item response theory approach, item properties of the PCL:YV were examined using the generalized partial credit model. Results showed that need for stimulation, "irresponsibility," and callous & unemotional were sensitive to changes in respondents' varying psychopathy levels, whereas lack of realistic, long-term goals; superficial charm; and revocation of conditional release were less so (quoted PCL:YV item published with permission by ...
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    This study examined the applicability of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth, Kosson, & Hare, 2003) among a large sample of serious offending adolescent males. Adopting an item response theory approach, item properties of the PCL:YV were examined using the generalized partial credit model. Results showed that need for stimulation, "irresponsibility," and callous & unemotional were sensitive to changes in respondents' varying psychopathy levels, whereas lack of realistic, long-term goals; superficial charm; and revocation of conditional release were less so (quoted PCL:YV item published with permission by Multi-Health Systems, Inc.; see full permissions statement in footnote 1 in the article; other items are paraphrased). Substantial differential item functioning was also found in 15 of the 20 PCL:YV items among Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic offending boys, indicating that item functioning was not invariant across race/ethnicity. Questions remain regarding whether the construct of psychopathy as assessed with the PCL:YV is equivalent across adolescents in general and across different race/ethnic groups in particular.
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    Journal Title
    Psychological Assessment
    Volume
    26
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037500
    Subject
    Causes and prevention of crime
    Cognitive and computational psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/66421
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