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...

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Autores principales: León Mayer, Elizabeth M., Folino, Jorge Oscar, Neumann, Craig, Hare, Robert D.
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Ciencias Médicas
Psiquiatría
Assessment
Confirmatory factor analysis
Latent variable model
Psychopathy
Self-reported tool
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85834
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Psiquiatría
Assessment
Confirmatory factor analysis
Latent variable model
Psychopathy
Self-reported tool
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Psiquiatría
Assessment
Confirmatory factor analysis
Latent variable model
Psychopathy
Self-reported tool
León Mayer, Elizabeth M.
Folino, Jorge Oscar
Neumann, Craig
Hare, Robert D.
The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population
topic_facet Ciencias Médicas
Psiquiatría
Assessment
Confirmatory factor analysis
Latent variable model
Psychopathy
Self-reported tool
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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Folino, Jorge Oscar
Neumann, Craig
Hare, Robert D.
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Neumann, Craig
Hare, Robert D.
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