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Reliability and Construct Validity of the Dutch Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version

Findings From a Sample of Male Adolescents in a Juvenile Justice Treatment Institution

Jacqueline Das

Jongerenhuis Harreveld

Corine de Ruiter

Maastricht University, Corine.deRuiter{at}psychology.unimaas.nl

Theo Doreleijers

VU University Medical Center

Sanne Hillege

Rentray Lelystad

The present study examines the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a sample of male adolescents admitted to a secure juvenile justice treatment institution (N = 98). Hare's four-factor model is used to examine reliability and validity of the separate dimensions of psychopathy. Interrater reliabilities are good to excellent for the PCL:YV total score and most factor scores, except for the affective factor. Several suggestions are offered for optimizing reliability of this factor. Finally, meaningful associations between PCL:YV scores and scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory—Adolescent and the Interpersonal Checklist—Revised support the construct validity of the PCL:YV total score as well as the four factors in the Dutch context.

Key Words: psychopathy checklist • youth version • psychopathy • nomological network • construct validity • reliability

This version was published on March 1, 2009

Assessment, Vol. 16, No. 1, 88-102 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1073191108321999
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