Investigating Two-, Three-, and Four-Factor Structures of the Korean PCL-R in Serious Offenders

Sohn, Ji Seun; Lee, Soo Jung

doi:10.1177/0306624x14561430

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“…The findings in this South Korean sample need to be placed within the context of the extremely limited prior work on the PCL‐R conducted in Korea. Sohn and Lee (2016) focusing on psychometric properties of the PCL‐R found support for both three‐ and four‐factor models, with a slightly better fit for a three‐factor model, which parallels the findings in Flórez et al (2018) and Skeem and Cooke (2010). Sohn et al (2017) utilized 3‐year reconviction data to assess the utility in predicting 87 general recidivists compared to 364 nonrecidivists and found that facet 3 (lifestyle) best predicted general recidivism.…”

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The utility of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised (PCL‐R) facet and item scores in predicting violent recidivism

Sohn

Raine

Lee

2020

Aggressive Behavior

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There is relatively limited research on psychopathy in non-Caucasian ethnic groups and even less on the utility of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) that focuses on PCL-R facet and item scores in predicting violent recidivism. In this study, we assessed the utility of the PCL-R in prospectively predicting violent versus nonviolent recidivism during an 11-year follow-up window. A high-risk sample of 451 incarcerated Korean male offenders was assessed on the PCL-R at baseline. A total of 445 were reconvicted after release (353 violent and 92 nonviolent recidivists). Psychopathy facet scores were higher in violent compared to nonviolent recidivists. Facet 2 (affective) showed the strongest effect size (Cohen's d = 0.53; Percentage change in odds = 22.6%) in predicting violent recidivism. Analyses of the four items constituting the affective facet indicated that callous/lack of empathy (Percentage change in odds = 134.4%) and failure to accept responsibility (Percentage change in odds = 94.5%) were the strongest predictors of violent recidivism. Findings are to our knowledge the first to document the utility of the PCL-R in distinguishing violent from nonviolent recidivism and highlight the role of affective impairment (particularly lack of empathy) in violent recidivism.

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“…Inter-rater reliability between two separate evaluators ranged from .79 to .91 (Cho & Lee, 2008). Both construct and predictive validity have been reported previously (Sohn & Lee, 2016;Sohn et al, 2017).…”

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The utility of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised (PCL‐R) facet and item scores in predicting violent recidivism

Sohn

Raine

Lee

2020

Aggressive Behavior

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“…Naturally, there are some concerns with the accuracy and validity of this type of data. As suggested by Sohn and Lee [51], presumably, such differences in the legal and judiciary systems of Korea and the UK may have affected this result or influenced the dynamics of these items.…”

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Variants of psychopathic personality in Korean and UK incarcerated offenders: Using latent profile analysis and discriminant analysis

Reale

Lee²,

Sea

2021

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Since the popularization of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised (PCL‐R), research on the construct of psychopathy has drastically increased. However, there has been little research examining the extent to which psychopathy varies across different cultures. This study is the first to use latent profile analysis to examine cultural variations in psychopathic traits between large samples of male inmates in Korean (n = 1102) and UK (n = 1316) prisons. Supplementary discriminate analysis was also used to validate the classification profiles and determine which items of the PCL‐R were most important in defining the differences or similarities between each of the classes in the two large samples. Based on the analysis, two variants of primary psychopathy could be distinguished in the Korean sample but not in the UK sample. Conversely, only secondary psychopathy was identified in the UK sample. This result was also confirmed by supplementary analysis, which verified classification accuracy and also provided structure matrixes listing the correlations between each PCL‐R item and the two discriminant functions. Our results point to the possibility of cultural differences in the structure of psychopathy and provide practical implications for clinical assessment and diagnosis.

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“…Nonetheless, other comparison studies with female offenders' samples (Eisenbarth et al, 2018) pointed to the superiority of a four-factor model of psychopathy. Furthermore, a study conducted among Korean serious offenders comparing the two-, three-, and four-factor structures of the PCL-R revealed that both the three-and four-factor models offered, overall, the best fit to the data (Sohn & Lee, 2016).…”

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Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) Factor Structure in Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence

Cunha

Braga²,

Gomes

et al. 2020

Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice

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Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is the gold standard for assessing psychopathy. However, its factorial structure has been subject of debate, and different factor models have been proposed. Furthermore, research has not focused on the PCL-R factorial structure among intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. We analyzed and compared the fit of nine alternative models of PCL-R among a sample of 242 IPV perpetrators. Results revealed PCL-R has adequate factor validity. The three-factor model without testlets provided the best fit to the current data. The three-factor model also showed good reliability, and the factors established differential associations to penal and personal variables thus revealing discriminant validity. In the current study, psychopathy was thus best conceptualized as a clinical construct comprising a particular affective functioning (e.g., shallow affect, lack of empathy), and a specific interpersonal (e.g., egocentricity, deception) and behavioral style (e.g., irresponsibility, impulsivity) among IPV perpetrators.

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Investigating Two-, Three-, and Four-Factor Structures of the Korean PCL-R in Serious Offenders

Cited by 13 publications

References 39 publications

The utility of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised (PCL‐R) facet and item scores in predicting violent recidivism

The utility of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised (PCL‐R) facet and item scores in predicting violent recidivism

Variants of psychopathic personality in Korean and UK incarcerated offenders: Using latent profile analysis and discriminant analysis

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) Factor Structure in Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence

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