Citation

Schmidt F, McKinnon L, Chattha HK, Brownlee K. Psychol. Assess. 2006; 18(4): 393-401.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Children's Centre Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. freds@childrenscentre.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/1040-3590.18.4.393

PMID

17154760

Abstract

The concurrent and predictive validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) were examined across gender and ethnicity using multiple outcome measures on a community-based sample of 130 adjudicated youths. The PCL:YV demonstrated concurrent validity with externalizing behavior problems but, it is important to note, was also associated with internalizing measures of negative affect. With a mean follow-up period of 3 years, the PCL:YV was found to predict general and violent recidivism in male, Native Canadian, and Caucasian youths. However, the PCL:YV demonstrated weaker concurrent and predictive validity with girls and failed to predict nonviolent recidivism in all subgroups. Implications of the findings for clinical practice are discussed.

Language: en