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Psychopathy in Adolescence Predicts Official Reports of Offending in Adulthood

¹ Purdue University
² University of Pittsburgh

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dlynam{at}psych.purdue.edu.

	Abstract

The study focused on the incremental predictive utility of psychopathy assessed at age 13 with the Childhood Psychopathy Scale (CPS) in predicting arrests and convictions between the ages of 18 and 26. Data from 338 men from the middle sample of the Pittsburgh Youth Study were used. A variety of control variables were included: demographics (race, family structure, socioeconomic status (SES), and neighborhood SES), parenting (physical punishment, inconsistent discipline, lax supervision, and low positive parenting), peer delinquency, and individual difference variables (impulsivity, verbal IQ, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and conduct disorder). CPS scores at age 13 predicted the variety of arrests and convictions 5 to 13 years later, even after controlling for other well-established and well-measured risk factors. The study concluded that juvenile psychopathy is an important and useful risk factor for future antisocial behavior and also considered the implications of the findings and reasons for resistance to the juvenile psychopathy construct.

First published on May 11, 2009, doi:10.1177/1541204009333797

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 2009;7:189.

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


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