Sullivan Elizabeth A, Abramowitz Carolyn S, Lopez Mabel, Kosson David S
Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
Psychol Assess. 2006 Dec;18(4):382-92. doi: 10.1037/1040-3590.18.4.382.
The utility of the psychopathy construct in predicting laboratory deficits, criminal behavior, response to intervention, and recidivism has been well documented in European American populations. However, less is known about the manifestation and correlates of psychopathy in Latino and African American populations. The present study examined the reliability and construct validity of the Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 2003) in 83 Latino inmates compared with matched samples of African Americans and European Americans. Results provide preliminary evidence that the PCL-R provides a reliable and valid measure of psychopathy in Latinos, with generally similar patterns emerging across external correlates; however, some ethnic group differences were noted for relationships between psychopathy indicators and some external correlates.
精神病态结构在预测欧美人群的实验室缺陷、犯罪行为、干预反应和累犯方面的效用已有充分文献记载。然而，对于拉丁裔和非裔美国人中精神病态的表现及其相关因素，人们了解较少。本研究对83名拉丁裔囚犯进行了《精神病态核查表修订版》（PCL-R；R.D. 黑尔，2003年）的信效度检验，并与匹配的非裔美国人和欧裔美国人样本进行了比较。结果提供了初步证据，表明PCL-R为拉丁裔人群的精神病态提供了可靠且有效的测量方法，各外部相关因素呈现出大致相似的模式；然而，在精神病态指标与某些外部相关因素的关系上，发现了一些种族群体差异。
