Citation

Kaplan SG, Cornell DG. Youth Violence Juv. Justice 2004; 2(2): 148-160.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1541204003262225

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

What is the relationship between psychopathy traits and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in juvenile offenders? The authors examined psychopathy scores, as measured by the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version and three indices of ADHD in 122 incarcerated male juvenile offenders. In addition, we investigated whether psychopathy and ADHD predicted violent behavior. Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version Total and Factor 1 scores did not correlate with measures of ADHD, although Factor 2 scores were weakly associated with two of three ADHD indices. Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version scores, but not ADHD indicators, were correlated with violent behavior.