Citation

Dolan MC, Rennie CE. J. Adolesc. 2007; 30(4): 601-611.

Affiliation

Division of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Manchester, UK; Edenfield Centre, Bolton, Salford & Trafford Mental Health Trust, UK. mairead.dolan@bstmht.nhs.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.07.002

PMID

16962166

Abstract

The Youth Psychopathy traits Inventory (YPI) is a newly developed self-report measure of psychopathy. There are no studies looking at the validity of this measure in UK samples. We assessed 115 male adolescents (mean age 16.22 years) with DSM-IV conduct disorder on a range of measures including the YPI, Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and the Impulsivity-Venturesomeness-Empathy Questionnaire (IVE). The YPI had showed the expected positive correlations with aggression, delinquency and impulsivity. The YPI was able to identify a "psychopathic-like" subgroup with higher impulsive/aggressive and delinquent scores and lower empathy. The YPI may be of value as a screening tool for cases that require further assessment and evaluation using interview based measures of psychopathic traits.

Language: en