Structural, item, and test generalizability of the psychopathy checklist-revised to offenders with intellectual disabilities

Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-29

  Morrissey, Catrin ^a,b   Cooke, David ^c   Michie, Christine ^c   Hollin, Clive ^d   Hogue, Todd ^e   Lindsay, William R ^f,g   Taylor, John L ^h,i  

^a RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^f Tayside University   (United Kingdom)

^g Castlebeck Care   (United Kingdom)

^h NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental disability; Intellectual disability; Intelligence; Item response theory; Learning disability; PCL R; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PRISONERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949883155     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191109344052     Document Type: Article

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