Abstract

VINET, EUGENIA V; ALARCON BANARES, PAULA  and  PEREZ-LUCO ARENAS, RICARDO. Screening and describing psychopathic traits in adolescents using the MACI. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.3, pp.705-719. ISSN 1657-9267.

This study reports psychometric characteristics for two Psychopathy scales developed with the MACI and assess their utility for screening and describing high psychopathic adolescents. Four groups representing the social adjustment and maladjustment continue answered the MACI and a self report about adolescent social behaviour. A factorial analysis of the psychopathy scales determined structures formed by two and three factors which are supported by the models of psychopathy presented by Hare and by Cookie and Michie. An algorithm developed with these scales-scores identified and allowed to characterize a group of 49 adolescents (11.2 % of the sample) with high psychopathy. Psychometric characteristics and the utility of these two scales for identifying adolescents with psychopathic profiles are discussed.

Keywords : Psychopathy scales; adolescents; MACI; assessment; Psychological test; psychometry; quantitative research; factor analysis.

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