The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population
Objective:To test the four-factor model of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R) empirical construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population by using instruments that supply different types of data.Methods:Two hundred and nine male inmates of the Prison of Los Andes, Chile, were eva...
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| author | Elizabeth León-Mayer Jorge O. Folino Craig Neumann Robert D. Hare |
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| description | Objective:To test the four-factor model of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R) empirical construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population by using instruments that supply different types of data.Methods:Two hundred and nine male inmates of the Prison of Los Andes, Chile, were evaluated. Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out with the PCL-R and the Self-Report of Psychopathy - III - Short Form (SRP-III-SF).Results:The distributions of total PCL-R and SRP-III-SF scores were normal (Kolmorogov-Smirnov [K-S] = 1.04, p = 0.230; K-S = 0.812, p = 0.525, respectively), with means of 20.9±6.8 for the former and 61.6±15.2 for the latter. Model fit was good for the PCL-R (Tucker Lewis index [TLI] = 0.96; root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.04) and for the SRP-SF (TLI = 0.94, RMSEA = 0.04).Conclusions:The results obtained with the PCL-R and the SRP-SF showed adequate fit to the empirical four-factor model of psychopathy and support this model. As foreseeable, fit was better for the PCL-R, which combines several sources of information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f3b12a361bfd421aa3ee30d4d8dc07222022-12-21T19:04:30ZengAssociação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry1809-452X2015-09-0137319119610.1590/1516-4446-2014-1540S1516-44462015000300002The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison populationElizabeth León-MayerJorge O. FolinoCraig NeumannRobert D. HareObjective:To test the four-factor model of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R) empirical construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population by using instruments that supply different types of data.Methods:Two hundred and nine male inmates of the Prison of Los Andes, Chile, were evaluated. Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out with the PCL-R and the Self-Report of Psychopathy - III - Short Form (SRP-III-SF).Results:The distributions of total PCL-R and SRP-III-SF scores were normal (Kolmorogov-Smirnov [K-S] = 1.04, p = 0.230; K-S = 0.812, p = 0.525, respectively), with means of 20.9±6.8 for the former and 61.6±15.2 for the latter. Model fit was good for the PCL-R (Tucker Lewis index [TLI] = 0.96; root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.04) and for the SRP-SF (TLI = 0.94, RMSEA = 0.04).Conclusions:The results obtained with the PCL-R and the SRP-SF showed adequate fit to the empirical four-factor model of psychopathy and support this model. As foreseeable, fit was better for the PCL-R, which combines several sources of information.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462015000300002&lng=en&tlng=enPsychopathyassessmentself-reported toolconfirmatory factor analysislatent variable model |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth León-Mayer Jorge O. Folino Craig Neumann Robert D. Hare The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry Psychopathy assessment self-reported tool confirmatory factor analysis latent variable model |
| title | The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population |
| title_full | The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population |
| title_fullStr | The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population |
| title_full_unstemmed | The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population |
| title_short | The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population |
| title_sort | construct of psychopathy in a chilean prison population |
| topic | Psychopathy assessment self-reported tool confirmatory factor analysis latent variable model |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462015000300002&lng=en&tlng=en |
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