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Fite, Paul J.; Greening, Leilani; Stoppelbein, Laura; Fabiano, Gregory A. – Assessment, 2009
Research linking psychopathic tendencies to childhood behavior problems is predicated on the assumption that the findings are based on using psychometrically sound measures of psychopathic tendencies. Although evaluated with community samples, the psychometric properties of such measures have not been evaluated with inpatient clinical populations…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Screening Tests, Patients
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Boccaccini, Marcus T.; Epstein, Monica; Poythress, Norman; Douglas, Kevin S.; Campbell, Justin; Gardner, Gail; Falkenbach, Diana – Assessment, 2007
The authors examined the relation between self-report psychopathy measures and official records of offending in four samples of justice-involved youth (total N = 447). Psychopathy measures included the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) and a modified version of the Childhood Psychopathy Scale (mCPS). Measures of offending included the…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Juvenile Justice, Psychopathology, Screening Tests
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Waschbusch, Daniel A.; Elgar, Frank J. – Assessment, 2007
Several rating scales for measuring externalizing problems in children are inconsistent with widely used diagnostic criteria for conduct disorder (CD). The Conduct Disorder Rating Scale (CDRS) was developed to provide valid measures of CD in children age 5 to 12 years. In Study 1, the CDRS was evaluated in a community sample of 1,554 children.…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Gender Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders