Artigo Revisado por pares

Two-factor conceptualization of psychopathy: Construct validity and assessment implications.

1989; American Psychological Association; Volume: 1; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1037/1040-3590.1.1.6

ISSN

1939-134X

Autores

Timothy J. Harpur, Robert D. Hare, A. Ralph Hakstian,

Tópico(s)

Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Resumo

Two correlated factors have been identified in the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL), a valide and reliable instrument for the assessment of psychopathy in male prison populations. Factor 1 measures a selfish, remorseless, and exploitative use of others, and Factor 2 measures a chronically unstable and antisocial life-style. We examined the psychometric properties of the factor solutions and a variety of correlates of the two factors

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