Validating the Factor Structure of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in a Community Sample

Autor/inn/en	Mahmut, Mehmet K.; Menictas, Con; Stevenson, Richard J.; Homewood, Judi
Titel	Validating the Factor Structure of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in a Community Sample
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 23 (2011) 3, S.670-678 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/a0023090
Schlagwörter	Check Lists; Factor Structure; Measures (Individuals); Validity; Psychopathology; Crime; Regression (Statistics); Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Checkliste; Faktorenstruktur; Messdaten; Gültigkeit; Psychopathologie; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Currently, there is no standard self-report measure of psychopathy in community-dwelling samples that parallels the most commonly used measure of psychopathy in forensic and clinical samples, the Psychopathy Checklist. A promising instrument is the Self-Report Psychopathy scale (SRP), which was derived from the original version the Psychopathy Checklist. The most recent version of the SRP (SRP-III; D. L. Paulhus, C. S. Neumann, & R. D. Hare, in press) has shown good convergent and discriminate validity and a factor structure similar to the current version of the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 1991, 2003). The analyses in the current study further investigated the viability of the SRP-III as a PCL-R-analogous measure of psychopathy in nonforensic and nonclinical samples by extending the validation process to a community sample. Using confirmatory factor analyses and logistic regressions, the results revealed that a four-factor oblique model for the SRP-III was most tenable, congruent with the PCL-R factor structure of psychopathy and previous research in which the SRP-III was administered to a student sample. (Contains 1 figure and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10