ERIC Number: EJ826390
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1073-1911
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Reliability and Construct Validity of the Dutch Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version--Findings from a Sample of Male Adolescents in a Juvenile Justice Treatment Institution
Das, Jacqueline; de Ruiter, Corine; Doreleijers, Theo; Hillege, Sanne
Assessment, v16 n1 p88-102 2009
The present study examines the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a sample of male adolescents admitted to a secure juvenile justice treatment institution (N = 98). Hare's four-factor model is used to examine reliability and validity of the separate dimensions of psychopathy. Interrater reliabilities are good to excellent for the PCL:YV total score and most factor scores, except for the affective factor. Several suggestions are offered for optimizing reliability of this factor. Finally, meaningful associations between PCL:YV scores and scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--Adolescent and the Interpersonal Checklist--Revised support the construct validity of the PCL:YV total score as well as the four factors in the Dutch context. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Construct Validity, Test Validity, Personality, Adolescents, Factor Analysis, Juvenile Justice, Indo European Languages, Test Reliability, Males, Delinquency, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Psychopathology, Interrater Reliability, Scores, Correlation, Psychological Patterns, Mental Disorders, Criminals
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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