Sevecke Kathrin, Lehmkuhl Gerd, Krischer Maya K
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie an der Universität zu Köln.
Z Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother. 2011 Jan;39(1):9-20; quiz 20-1. doi: 10.1024/1422-4917/a000079.
This paper evaluates epidemiological data on psychopathy dimensions among adolescents.
The Psychopathy Checklist Youth Version (PCL:YV) was administered to a forensic sample of 169 boys and 172 girls, to a clinical sample of 30 boys and 63 girls, and to a community sample of 119 male and 116 female pupils. Analysis was based on three different conceptualizations of psychopathy. In total 669 youths between 14 to 19 years were included in the study.
Depending on the cutoff used, we found a psychopathy prevalence between 27 % and 63 % among the incarcerated boys, and from 7 % and 24 % among the incarcerated girls. The clinical and the community samples showed higher scores on the behavior and lower scores on the core personality dimensions. All samples indicated significantly more psychopathy dimensions in boys than in girls.
Varying rates of prevalence are found when using different models for analyzing the PCL:YV. The extent of age-typical adolescent and antisocial behavioral dimensions represented by the Lifestyle and the Antisocial Factor inflates the total PCL:YV score without presenting increased scores in the psychopathy core dimensions. Prospectively, the two core personality dimensions of psychopathy should be studied more closely.
本文评估青少年心理变态维度的流行病学数据。
对169名男孩和172名女孩的法医样本、30名男孩和63名女孩的临床样本以及119名男学生和116名女学生的社区样本施测《青少年心理变态检查表》（PCL:YV）。分析基于心理变态的三种不同概念化。该研究共纳入669名14至19岁的青少年。
根据所使用的临界值，我们发现被监禁男孩的心理变态患病率在27%至63%之间，被监禁女孩的患病率在7%至24%之间。临床样本和社区样本在行为方面得分较高，在核心人格维度方面得分较低。所有样本均显示男孩的心理变态维度显著多于女孩。
使用不同模型分析PCL:YV时，患病率有所不同。由生活方式和反社会因素所代表的典型青少年年龄和反社会行为维度的程度会使PCL:YV总分升高，但心理变态核心维度的得分并未增加。未来，应更深入地研究心理变态的两个核心人格维度。
