A Multimethod Assessment of Juvenile Psychopathy: Comparing the Predictive Utility of the PCL:YV, YPI, and NEO PRI

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-542

  Cauffman, Elizabeth ^a   Kimonis, Eva R ^b   Dmitrieva, Julia ^c   Monahan, Kathryn C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent psychopathology; juvenile delinquency; measurement; psychometrics; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST NEO PSYCHOPATHY RESEMBLANCE INDEX; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST YOUTH PSYCHOPATHIC TRAITS INVENTORY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST YOUTH VERSION; RECIDIVISM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CRIME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 72549098784     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017367     Document Type: Article

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