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The current study examined the psychometric properties (factor structure, reliability and validity) of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth et al., 2003) in Spanish samples of male justice-involved youths between 15 and 22-years old. The PCL:YV was administered to two groups of youths who were incarcerated (n= 62; n= 95) and a sample of youth on probation (n=122). Confrmatory factor analyses showed acceptable-to-good ft for three- and four-factor models. The fourfactor hierarchical model with a second-order higher factor representing the whole psychopathy construct was considered for further analyses. PCL:YV scores showed high internal consistency and inter-rater reliability. Low-to-moderate convergence with other measures of psychopathic traits evinced an adequate convergent validity. Convergent and discriminant validity of the PCL:YV total scores were also confrmed considering several measures of psychopathology and personality traits. Importantly, the diferential external correlates of the PCL:YV factors provide support for a multidimensional conceptualization of the psychopathy construct. Altogether, these results reveal adequate psychometric properties of the PCL:YV in Spanish population of justice-involved youths and justifes its use to assess psychopathic traits in this kind of populations. Open Access Funding provided by Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. A.I. is recipient of a Ph.D. fellowship by the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca of Generalitat de Catalunya and European Social Fund [FI-DGR 2017]. This research was financially supported by the ‘Fundació Marató’ of TV3; the Centre d’Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada, Government of Catalonia [DOGC Núm. 7024–23.12.05; DOGC Núm. 7274–27/12/16]; the Departament d’Economia i Coneixement, Generalitat de Catalunya [2014SGR-1587], and by the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Spanish Government [PSI2015–67441-R]. The funding organizations had no further role in the study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing of the report; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. |
