The cross-cultural generalizability of the psychopathy checklist: Youth version for adjudicated indigenous youth
There is a paucity of Indigenous-specific research examining the reliability and validity of assessment tools routinely utilized within the justice system. Evaluating the cross-cultural reliability and validity of such tools is important for establishing generalizability as part of ethical practices...
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ftarcabc:oai:arcabc.ca:dc_42665 2024-06-02T08:06:47+00:00 The cross-cultural generalizability of the psychopathy checklist: Youth version for adjudicated indigenous youth McCuish, Evan C. (Author) Mathesius, Jeffrey R. (mathesiusj) (Author) Lussier, Patrick (Author) Corrado, Raymond R. (Author) (Author) 2018 https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/dc%3A42665 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=pdh&AN=2017-14699-001&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s56 https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000468 English eng American Psychological Association Psychological Assessment https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/dc%3A42665 dc:42665 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=pdh&AN=2017-14699-001&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s56 uuid: ce5c1113-c3d1-4ce5-a941-f52548bf810d issn: 1040-3590 doi:10.1037/pas0000468 https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000468 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ © 2018. APA. Psychological Assessment. Juvenile delinquents--Psychological testing--Canada Juvenile delinquents--Psychological testing--Cross-cultural studies Juvenile delinquents--Psychology Juvenile delinquents--Mental health Juvenile delinquency--Psychological aspects Juvenile delinquency--Canada Juvenile delinquency--Cross-cultural studies Indigenous youth--Psychological testing--Canada First Nations youth--Psychological testing--Canada Youth--Psychological texting--Cross-cultural studies article Text 2018 ftarcabc https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000468 2024-05-06T00:30:44Z There is a paucity of Indigenous-specific research examining the reliability and validity of assessment tools routinely utilized within the justice system. Evaluating the cross-cultural reliability and validity of such tools is important for establishing generalizability as part of ethical practices; this is particularly important to address within Canada’s Indigenous youth population because of longstanding effects of colonization, structural adversities, and overrepresentation in the youth justice system and the possible long-term impact of improper assessment on adult outcomes. A step toward this aim was undertaken in the current study by comparing scale reliability, structural validity, measurement invariance, and predictive validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) across Indigenous (n = 137) and White (n = 312) adjudicated youth. Polychoric ordinal alpha values indicated that PCL:YV test score scale reliability was high for both Indigenous and White youth. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that a 3-factor and 4-factor model provided acceptable-to-good fit for the full sample, and an examination of configural, metric, and scalar measurement invariance illustrated that both factor structures fit the subsamples equally well. PCL:YV test scores were also moderately associated with measures of different offending outcomes and performed similarly across White and Indigenous participants. Overall, support was found for the use of the PCL:YV within Indigenous youth, including its use in conjunction with other risk factors and assessment tools to guide risk assessment decisions for this group. The importance of cross-cultural research and directions for future research are discussed. (APA PsycInfo Database Record). Peer reviewed Final article published cross-cultural research indigenous youth PCL psychopathy YV Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Arca (BC's Digital Treasures) Canada Psychological Assessment 30 2 192 203 |
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Juvenile delinquents--Psychological testing--Canada Juvenile delinquents--Psychological testing--Cross-cultural studies Juvenile delinquents--Psychology Juvenile delinquents--Mental health Juvenile delinquency--Psychological aspects Juvenile delinquency--Canada Juvenile delinquency--Cross-cultural studies Indigenous youth--Psychological testing--Canada First Nations youth--Psychological testing--Canada Youth--Psychological texting--Cross-cultural studies The cross-cultural generalizability of the psychopathy checklist: Youth version for adjudicated indigenous youth |
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There is a paucity of Indigenous-specific research examining the reliability and validity of assessment tools routinely utilized within the justice system. Evaluating the cross-cultural reliability and validity of such tools is important for establishing generalizability as part of ethical practices; this is particularly important to address within Canada’s Indigenous youth population because of longstanding effects of colonization, structural adversities, and overrepresentation in the youth justice system and the possible long-term impact of improper assessment on adult outcomes. A step toward this aim was undertaken in the current study by comparing scale reliability, structural validity, measurement invariance, and predictive validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) across Indigenous (n = 137) and White (n = 312) adjudicated youth. Polychoric ordinal alpha values indicated that PCL:YV test score scale reliability was high for both Indigenous and White youth. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that a 3-factor and 4-factor model provided acceptable-to-good fit for the full sample, and an examination of configural, metric, and scalar measurement invariance illustrated that both factor structures fit the subsamples equally well. PCL:YV test scores were also moderately associated with measures of different offending outcomes and performed similarly across White and Indigenous participants. Overall, support was found for the use of the PCL:YV within Indigenous youth, including its use in conjunction with other risk factors and assessment tools to guide risk assessment decisions for this group. The importance of cross-cultural research and directions for future research are discussed. (APA PsycInfo Database Record). Peer reviewed Final article published cross-cultural research indigenous youth PCL psychopathy YV |
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The cross-cultural generalizability of the psychopathy checklist: Youth version for adjudicated indigenous youth |
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