Validity of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory–Short Version in Justice-Involved and At-Risk Adolescents. (April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gillen, Christopher T. A.; MacDougall, Emily A. M.; Forth, Adelle E.; Barry, Christopher T.; Salekin, Randall T.
• Is Part Of: Assessment. Volume 26:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 479
• Page End: 491
• Publication Date: 2019-04
• Subjects: psychopathy -- adolescence -- self-report -- assessment -- factor analysis; Psychological tests -- Periodicals; Psychodiagnostics -- Periodicals; Personality tests -- Periodicals; 150.287
• DOI: 10.1177/1073191117700723
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1911

Abstract

The current study examined the reliability and validity of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory–Short Version (YPI-S) in two different samples of at-risk adolescents enrolled in a residential program ( n = 160) and at a detention facility ( n = 60) in the United States. YPI-S scores displayed adequate internal consistency and were moderately associated with concurrent scales on other self-report psychopathy measures and externalizing behaviors. YPI-S scores were moderately related to interviewer-ratings of the construct using the four-factor model of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version. Findings suggest that the YPI-S may be a clinically useful and valid tool for the assessment of psychopathic traits in juvenile settings. This may be particularly true given the differential predictive utility of each of its dimensions.