Assessing measurement invariance of PCL-R assessments from file reviews of North American and German offenders

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-63

  Mokros, Andreas ^a   Neumann, Craig S ^b   Stadtland, Cornelis ^c   Osterheider, Michael ^a   Nedopil, Norbert ^c   Hare, Robert D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural equivalence; File review; Measurement invariance; PCL R; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OFFENDER; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHECKLIST; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PRISONERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551490708     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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