TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Fledgling Psychopathy in the Classroom: ADHD Subtypes, Psychopathy, and Reading Comprehension in a Community Sample of Adolescents
JO  - Youth violence and juvenile justice
A1  - DeLisi, Matt
A1  - Vaughn, Michael G.
A1  - Beaver, Kevin M.
A1  - Wexler, Jade
A1  - Barth, Amy E.
A1  - Fletcher, Jack M.
SP  - 43
EP  - 58
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
N2  - The current study explores characteristics that are associated with fledgling psychopathy and educational outcomes relating to reading comprehension performance in a community sample of 432 middle school students. Latent class analysis (LCA) produced a four-class solution. Class 1 was a large (71.5% of sample) ‘‘control’’ group of youths with no attention/hyperactivity deficits and the highest reading comprehension scores. Class 2 was 11.6% of the sample and was consistent with traits associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) predominantly inattentive type. Class 3 was 7.4% of the sample and was consistent with traits associated with ADHD predominantly hyperactive—impulsive type. Class 4 was 9.5% of the sample and was consistent with traits associated with ADHD combined type. Classes 2 and 4 were characterized by elevated levels of psychopathic and callous-unemotional (CU) traits and lower educational performance. This study extends the utility of fledgling psychopathy to educational outcomes, which has broad implications for adolescent development, delinquency, and youth violence.<p /> 
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SN  - 1541-2040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204010371932
ID  - ref1
ER  -