Reliability and construct validity of the dutch psychopathy checklist: Youth version: Findings from a sample of male adolescents in a Juvenile Justice Treatment Institution

Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-102

  Das, Jacqueline ^a,d   De Ruiter, Corine ^b   Doreleijers, Theo ^c   Hillege, Sanne ^a  

^a Jongerenhuis Harreveld ^*  (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d De Waag   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Nomological network; Psychopathy; Psychopathy checklist; Reliability; Youth version

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX OFFENSES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 58849140114     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191108321999     Document Type: Article

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