Assessing psychopathy among justice involved adolescents with the PCL: YV: An item response theory examination across gender

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-31

  Tsang, Siny ^a   Schmidt, Karen M ^a   Vincent, Gina M ^b   Salekin, Randall T ^c   Moretti, Marlene M ^d   Odgers, Candice L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; differential item functioning; IRT; PCL: YV; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84937777432     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/per0000094     Document Type: Article

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