Citation

Salekin RT. J. Abnorm. Psychol. 2008; 117(2): 386-395.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology and Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA. rsalekin@bama.ua.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/0021-843X.117.2.386

PMID

18489214

Abstract

This study examined the ability of psychopathy as indexed by the following 4 scales: Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (A. E. Forth, D. S. Kosson, and R. D. Hare, 1996/2003), Antisocial Process Screening Device (P. J. Frick and R. D. Hare, 2001), Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale-II (R. D. Hare, 1991), and Personality Assessment Inventory-Antisocial Scale (L. C. Morey, 1991, 2007) to prospectively predict antisocial outcomes including general and violent recidivism across a 3- to 4-year time span. Results indicated that psychopathy was predictive of both general and violent recidivism from mid-adolescence to young adulthood even after accounting for 14 variables theoretically linked to offending. These findings add to the recent research showing stability in the psychopathy traits across time by also demonstrating that psychopathy in adolescents also has a real-world effect, including a cost to society with higher rates of offending in the community and a cost to youth with cumulating legal records that are likely to narrow their potential for prosocial growth in the community.

Language: en