Reliability and construct validity of the Dutch psychopathy checklist: youth version: findings from a sample of male adolescents in a juvenile justice treatment institution

Assessment. 2009 Mar;16(1):88-102. doi: 10.1177/1073191108321999. Epub 2008 Aug 14.

Abstract

The present study examines the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a sample of male adolescents admitted to a secure juvenile justice treatment institution (N = 98). Hare's four-factor model is used to examine reliability and validity of the separate dimensions of psychopathy. Interrater reliabilities are good to excellent for the PCL:YV total score and most factor scores, except for the affective factor. Several suggestions are offered for optimizing reliability of this factor. Finally, meaningful associations between PCL:YV scores and scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent and the Interpersonal Checklist-Revised support the construct validity of the PCL:YV total score as well as the four factors in the Dutch context.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Juvenile Delinquency / psychology*
  • Male
  • Netherlands
  • Personality Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data*
  • Prisoners / psychology
  • Prisons
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychopathology / classification*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sex Offenses / psychology
  • Statistics as Topic