Disabato David J, Folk Johanna B, Wilson John, Barboza Sharen, Daylor Jordan, Tangney June
George Mason University.
MHM Services, Inc.
J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2016 Sep;38(3):456-464. doi: 10.1007/s10862-015-9533-7. Epub 2015 Dec 19.
The Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) is one of the most widely used measures of criminal thinking. Although the PICTS has adequate psychometric qualities with many general population inmates, the measurement confound of reading ability may decrease its construct validity in low-literacy inmates. To help resolve this confound, we present psychometric evaluation of a simplified version of the PICTS (PICTS-SV) in which item language was simplified but item content was preserved. We first conducted Lexile analyses to confirm the reading level of the PICTS-SV is significantly lower than the original PICTS (i.e., sixth grade versus ninth grade). We then tested a bifactor model to confirm the PICTS-SV contains the same two factors as the original PICTS: proactive and reactive criminal thinking. These PICTS-SV results are commensurate with the factor structure of the original PICTS. Results suggest the PICTS-SV is a valid alternative for assessing criminal thinking in inmates with low reading ability.
《犯罪思维方式心理量表》（PICTS）是使用最为广泛的犯罪思维测量工具之一。尽管PICTS在众多普通成年囚犯群体中具备足够的心理测量学特质，但阅读能力这一测量干扰因素可能会降低其在低识字率囚犯中的结构效度。为帮助解决这一干扰因素，我们对PICTS的简化版（PICTS-SV）进行了心理测量学评估，其中项目语言进行了简化，但项目内容得以保留。我们首先进行了可读性分析，以确认PICTS-SV的阅读水平显著低于原始版PICTS（即六年级水平对九年级水平）。然后，我们测试了一个双因素模型，以确认PICTS-SV与原始版PICTS包含相同的两个因素：主动型和反应型犯罪思维。这些PICTS-SV的结果与原始版PICTS的因素结构相符。结果表明，PICTS-SV是评估低阅读能力囚犯犯罪思维的有效替代工具。
