The PCL:YV has been related to a range of relevant correlates and outcome measures. High scores on the PCL:YV are associated with substance use, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adolescents. PCL:YV total scores do not appear to be unduly influenced by youths’ age, gender, or ethnicity. Research has been conducted with institutionalized young offenders, young offenders on probation, psychiatric inpatient youths, and youths in the community. The internal consistency of PCL:YV total scores is high, with alpha coefficients ranging from. The interrater reliability of PCL:YV total scores is high (single-rater ICC of. However, a model with only three correlated factors also provided reasonable fit. Five items loaded on a Behavioral dimension (e.g., impulsivity, lack of goals) and 5 items on an Antisocial dimension (e.g., poor anger control, serious criminal behavior). Four items loaded on an Interpersonal dimension (e.g., impression management, pathological lying) and 4 items on an Affective dimension (e.g., lack of remorse, callous/lack of empathy). Psychometric Properties PCL:YV: Factor Structure, Reliability, and GeneralizabilityĬonfirmatory factor analyses suggest that a model with four correlated factors provided a very good explanation for the pattern of covariation among PCL:YV item scores. Finally, it is not appropriate to rely on PCL:YV scores alone to impose harsher sentences or to use the scores in determining whether a young offender should be tried as an adult. In addition, because the consequences of misuse are especially serious, Forth and colleagues state that it is inappropriate to label a youth as a psychopath and that it is unethical to use scores for exclusion from available treatment programs.
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Several sources of information are needed to score the PCL:YV-namely, a semistructured interview with the youth and a review of available file and collateral information associated with the youth.īecause of the increasing importance of the PCL:YV in the juvenile justice systems, the manual recommends that it should be used and interpreted in combination with information from a number of sources and should never be the sole criterion for decision making about treatment and/or adjudication. Each item is scored on a 3-point scale: A rating of 2 indicates that the item definitely applies, 1 indicates that it applies to some extent, and 0 indicates that the symptom definitely does not apply to the individual. The PCL:YV manual provides a detailed item description and examples of sources of information to use when rating the item. The PCL:YV consists of 20 items that measure the interpersonal, affective, and behavioral dimensions considered to be fundamental to the construct of psychopathy. Future research and input from practitioners will play an integral role in clarifying and refining the construct, identifying the causal mechanisms, delineating the psychobiological correlates, and designing effective intervention programs. The PCL:YV was published in 2003 to provide researchers and clinical users with a common metric to assess psychopathic traits in adolescents and to encourage systematic research. It was adapted from the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, developed by Robert Hare, which is widely used in research, clinical, and forensic settings for the assessment of psychopathy in adults. The Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) is a structured assessment instrument designed to assess psychopathic traits and behaviors in adolescents. Many researchers and clinicians believe that psychopathic traits and behaviors are first manifested early in life, which has led to efforts to develop measures to identify psychopathic traits early in development. The construct of psychopathy as applied to children and adolescents has received increasing attention in recent years.