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Psychometric properties of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) in a representative sample of Canadian federal offenders
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6432-2514
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.
Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom.
2016 (English)In: Law and human behavior, ISSN 0147-7307, E-ISSN 1573-661X, Vol. 40, no 2, p. 136-146Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 2003) is a commonly used psychological test for assessing traits of psychopathic personality disorder. Despite the abundance of research using the PCL-R, the vast majority of research used samples of convenience rather than systematic methods to minimize sampling bias and maximize the generalizability of findings. This potentially complicates the interpretation of test scores and research findings, including the “norms” for offenders from the United States and Canada included in the PCL-R manual. In the current study, we evaluated the psychometric properties of PCL-R scores for all male offenders admitted to a regional reception center of the Correctional Service of Canada during a one-year period (n = 375). Because offenders were admitted for assessment prior to institutional classification, they comprise a sample that was heterogeneous with respect to correctional risks and needs yet representative of all offenders in that region of the service. We examined the distribution of PCL-R scores; classical test theory indices of its structural reliability; the factor structure of test items; and the external correlates of test scores. The findings were highly consistent with those typically reported in previous studies. We interpret these results as indicating it is unlikely any sampling limitations of past research using the PCL-R resulted in findings that were, overall, strongly biased or unrepresentative.

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2016. Vol. 40, no 2, p. 136-146
Keywords [en]
PCL-R, cohort sample, Psychopathy, PCL-R norms
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-26565DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000174ISI: 000373108300004PubMedID: 26651621Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84949908135OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-26565DiVA, id: diva2:883399
Available from: 2015-12-17 Created: 2015-12-17 Last updated: 2017-12-01Bibliographically approved

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