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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*,
Corine de Ruiter,
Theo Doreleijers,
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Sanne Hillege
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jacky_das{at}hotmail.com.
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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). Hares 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.
First published on August 14, 2008, doi:10.1177/1073191108321999
Assessment 2009;16:88.
A more recent version of this article appeared on March 1, 2009

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