The use of a screening device to assess psychopathy in young offenders

  1. Silva, Teresa 1
  2. Garrido Genovés, Vicente Javier 2
  3. López Latorre, M. José 2
  1. 1 Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01v5cv687

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Journal:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Year of publication: 2012

Volume: 15

Issue: 2

Pages: 724-735

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2012.V15.N2.38884 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Este trabajo tiene como finalidad determinar la medida en que un instrumento para el cribado de la psicopatía (el APSD) es útil en la predicción de la conducta delictiva y violenta de los delincuentes juveniles. Se realizó un estudio transversal con una muestra de 238 delincuentes juveniles que estaban cumpliendo una medida impuesta por el Juzgado de Menores. El instrumento que se empleó como criterio para determinar la capacidad predictiva fue la Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth, Kosson & Hare, 2003). Los resultados indican que existe una asociación baja entre las puntuaciones del instrumento de cribado APSD y diversos indicadores de riesgo de delincuencia, si la comparamos con la que muestra la PCL:YV con esos mismos factores de riesgo, lo que sugiere que la APSD es menos útil que la PCL:YV en la predicción de la delincuencia y la violencia en los jóvenes. No obstante, se observó que la APSD alcanzaba un Área Bajo la Curva de .784 y un índice de validez de 62.5, lo que avala su utilización como un instrumento de cribado o como un método preliminar para evaluar la psicopatía entre los delincuentes juveniles. Finalmente se discute el uso del instrumento de cribado en el contexto forense juvenil.

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