Factor Structure of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version in German Female and Male Detainees and Community Adolescents

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-56

  Sevecke, Kathrin ^a   Pukrop, Ralf ^a   Kosson, David S ^b   Krischer, Maya K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; factor structure; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249161658     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015032     Document Type: Article

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