Novel validity evidence of the Psychopathy Checklist- Revised (PCL-R) in a representative sample of Spanish inmates

Flórez, Gerardo; Ferrer, Ventura; García, Luis S.; Crespo, María R.; Pérez, Manuel; Sáiz, Pilar A.; Cooke, David J.

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.08.031

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“…Comparing PCL-R and CAPP scores in a large international non-convenience sample may help elucidate the previously mentioned debate concerning criminal behaviour as a core trait of psychopathy. The current study continues our previously published work in which PCL-R and CAPP scores were analysed independently [37,38].…”

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“…The Attachment and the Emotional domains showed their best correlations with interpersonal/affective ( When the PCL-R cut-off score of 30 was used, these correlations were found to be relevant: Attachment and Emotional domains with affective (Facet 2, Hare model) and also with deficient affective experience (Factor 2, Cooke and Michie model) and Testlets 3 and 4; the Dominance domain and Testlet 4; the Cognitive domain and Testlet 4; the Self domain and Testlet 4; while the behavioural domain showed its best correlations with social deviance (Factor 2, Table 2. As previously reported in [38], Table 2 indicates correlations between PCL-R (total, factor and facet scores following the Hare model) and CAPP (total and domain scores) for the whole sample, for inmates with a European PCL-R cut-off score of 25 or more (italics), and for inmates with a North American/Canadian PCL-R cut-off score of 30 or more (underlined). Table 3.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Table 1. As previously reported in [37,38,40], Table 1 indicates IPDE scores and sociodemographic and forensic variables of the sample. Significance levels of these variables in relation to a PCL-R cut-off score of 25 and a proportional CAPP cut-off score of 124 are also shown.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…The protocol followed in the current study has been described in detail elsewhere [37,38]. Participants in the current study are the same as in our previously published PCL-R and CAPP work [37,38,40].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As previously indicated the protocol was approved by the Pontevedra-Vigo-Ourense Local Research Ethics Committee (2014/009) [37,38,40]. Every participant provided written informed consent.…”

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Comparison between the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised and the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality in a representative sample of Spanish prison inmates

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In the field of psychopathy, there is an ongoing debate about the core traits that define the disorder, and that therefore must be present to some extent in all psychopaths. The main controversy of this debate concerns criminal behaviour, as some researchers consider it a defining trait, while others disagree. Using a representative sample of 204 Spanish convicted inmates incarcerated at the Pereiro de Aguiar Penitentiary in Ourense, Spain, we tested two competing models, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), which includes criminal behaviour items, versus the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP), which does not. We used two different PCL-R models, one that includes criminal items and another that does not. PCL-R factors, facets, and testlets from both models and CAPP dimensions were correlated and compared. Two different PCL-R cutoff scores, 25 or more and 30 or more, were used for the analysis. Overall, a strong correlation was found between PCL-R and CAPP scores in the whole sample, but as scores increased and inmates became more psychopathic, the correlations weakened. All these data indicate that psychopathy, understood to mean having high scores on the PCL-R and CAPP, is a multidimensional entity, and inmates can develop the disorder and then receive the diagnosis through different dimensions. The CAPP domains showed better correlations when compared with the PCL-R factors from both models, showing that an instrument for the assessment of psychopathy without a criminal dimension is valuable for clinical assessment and research purposes.

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Comparison between the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised and the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality in a representative sample of Spanish prison inmates

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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

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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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Psychopathic Traits Partly Explained the Reduced Vagal Tone of Batterers Coping with Acute Stress

Sarrate-Costa,

Lila,

Moya-Albiol

et al. 2023

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

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Novel validity evidence of the Psychopathy Checklist- Revised (PCL-R) in a representative sample of Spanish inmates

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Comparison between the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised and the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality in a representative sample of Spanish prison inmates

Comparison between the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised and the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality in a representative sample of Spanish prison inmates

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

Psychopathic Traits Partly Explained the Reduced Vagal Tone of Batterers Coping with Acute Stress

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