1. Two-, three-, and four-factor PCL-R models in applied sex offender risk assessments
- Author
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Luciano Tristan, Christopher M. Weaver, James J. Van Nort, and Robert G. Meyer
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,050103 clinical psychology ,Adult male ,Adolescent ,Psychopathy ,Sample (statistics) ,Models, Psychological ,Risk Assessment ,Risk Factors ,medicine ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Applied Psychology ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Criminal Psychology ,Sex offender ,050901 criminology ,05 social sciences ,Sex Offenses ,Construct validity ,Antisocial Personality Disorder ,Forensic Psychiatry ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Clinical Psychology ,Sexual abuse ,0509 other social sciences ,Risk assessment ,Psychology ,Psychopathology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
The authors compared 2-, 3-, 4-factor, and 2-factor/4-facet Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) models in a previously unpublished sample of 1,566 adult male sex offenders assessed under applied clinical conditions as part of a comprehensive state-mandated community notification risk assessment procedure. “Testlets” significantly improved the performance of all models. The 3-factor model provided the best fit to the current data, followed by the 2-factor/4-facet model. The 2-factor model was not supported.
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- 2006