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An Investigation of Primary and Secondary Psychopathy in a Statewide Sample of Incarcerated Youth

Michael G. Vaughn1*, John F. Edens2, Matthew Owen Howard3, and Shannon Toney Smith2

1 Saint Louis University
2 Texas A&M University
3 University of North Carolina

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mvaughn9{at}slu.edu.


  Abstract
There has been considerable interest in the identification of putative subtypes of psychopathy over the past several years although none of this research has focused on juveniles who are high in psychopathic traits. Using a statewide sample of juvenile offenders, the present study sought to identify subtypes consistent with theoretical notions of primary and secondary psychopathy. Among those youths high in psychopathic traits (n = 132), finite mixture modeling of various indicators of psychological distress resulted in a two-class solution. Consistent with theory, one subtype was characterized by higher levels of distress (e.g., anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation), whereas the other subgroup was lower on these dimensions and generally similar to nonpsychopathic control juveniles (n = 135). Analyses of theoretically relevant external correlates (e.g., offense history, drug use, victimization) suggested that the two subtypes differed from each other on certain key variables as well as differed from the nonpsychopathic controls.

First published on May 11, 2009, doi:10.1177/1541204009333792

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 2009;7:172.

A more recent version of this article appeared on July 1, 2009

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