The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
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37(3): 191-196, July-Sept. 2015. tab, ilus
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ABSTRACT
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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Main subject:
Personality Inventory
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Prisoners
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Personal Construct Theory
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Self Report
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
Journal subject:
Psychiatry
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Nacional de La Plata/AR
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