Psychopathic Traits of Dutch Adolescents in Residential Care: Identifying Subgroups

Autor/inn/en	Nijhof, Karin S.; Vermulst, Ad; Scholte, Ron H. J.; van Dam, Coleta; Veerman, Jan Willem; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.
Titel	Psychopathic Traits of Dutch Adolescents in Residential Care: Identifying Subgroups
Quelle	In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39 (2011) 1, S.59-70 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-0627
DOI	10.1007/s10802-010-9445-7
Schlagwörter	Residential Care; Delinquency; Psychopathology; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Institutionalized Persons; Factor Analysis; Measures (Individuals); Classification; Personality Traits; Behavior Problems; Scores; Conceptual Tempo; Drug Use; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Psychopathologie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Faktorenanalyse; Messdaten; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Niederlande
Abstract	The present study examined whether a sample of 214 (52.8% male, M age = 15.76, SD = 1.29) institutionalized adolescents could be classified into subgroups based on psychopathic traits. Confirmatory Factor Analyses revealed a relationship between the subscales of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory (YPI) and the three latent constructs of the original model on which it is based. Latent Class Analyses showed that adolescents showing psychopathic traits could be classified into three subgroups. The first group showed low scores on the grandiose/manipulative dimension, the callous/unemotional dimension, and the impulsive/irresponsible dimension (normal group). The second group scored moderate on the grandiose/manipulative dimension and the callous/unemotional dimension and high on the impulsive/irresponsible dimension (impulsive, non-psychopathic-like group). The third group scored high on all three dimensions (psychopathy-like group). The findings revealed that the impulsive, non-psychopathic like group scored significantly higher on internalizing problem behavior compared to the normal group, while the psychopathy-like and the impulsive, non-psychopathic-like group both scored higher on externalizing problem behavior compared to the normal group. Based on a self-report delinquency measure, it appeared that the psychopathy-like group had the highest delinquency rates, except for vandalism. Both the impulsive and psychopathy-like group had the highest scores on the use of soft drugs. (Contains 3 tables, 2 figures, and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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