@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between psychopathic features, violence and treatment outcome: the comparison of three youth measures of psychopathic features",
journal="Behavioral sciences and the law",
year="2004",
author="Spain, Sarah E. and Douglas, Kevin S. and Poythress, Norman G. and Epstein, Monica",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="85-102",
abstract="Few studies have compared self-report and clinician-administered measures of youth psychopathic features in juvenile-justice settings in terms of antisocial behavior and treatment indices. In a sample of 85 adjudicated delinquents, the predictive validities of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD), the modified Childhood Psychopathy Scale (mCPS), and the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) were tested. Three indices of institutional antisocial behavior (physical aggression; verbal aggression; administrative infractions) and two indices of treatment progress (time to treatment level promotion; whether treatment levels were dropped) were used as external correlates. The self-report measures (mCPS more so than APSD) were more consistently and strongly related to antisocial behavior and to the days required to progress in treatment than the PCL:YV. The following issues are discussed: (i) implications of the potential impact of measurement format on the understanding and predictive validity of youth psychopathy features and measures; (ii) the differential predictive validity of self-report versus clinician-administered measures; and (iii) the potential practical utility of measures of psychopathic features in youth.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-3936",
doi="10.1002/bsl.576",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.576"
}