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Psychometric properties of the German version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory – short version
BACKGROUND: The aim of the current study is to examine the psychometric properties of the German Version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory-Short Version (YPI-S). METHODS: A sample of 856 adolescents (age: 15–19) from the German-speaking part of Switzerland was included. All participants com...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7685536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33228596 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02943-z |
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author | Boonmann, Cyril Pérez, Tania Schmid, Marc Fegert, Jörg M. Jauk, Emanuel Schmeck, Klaus |
author_facet | Boonmann, Cyril Pérez, Tania Schmid, Marc Fegert, Jörg M. Jauk, Emanuel Schmeck, Klaus |
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description | BACKGROUND: The aim of the current study is to examine the psychometric properties of the German Version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory-Short Version (YPI-S). METHODS: A sample of 856 adolescents (age: 15–19) from the German-speaking part of Switzerland was included. All participants completed the 50-item YPI, of which we derived the 18 items of the YPI-S. Furthermore, participants completed the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version-2 (MAYSI-2), as well a self-report delinquency questionnaire. RESULTS: We were able to replicate a three-factor structure and found moderate to good internal consistency for the total score as well as for the three dimensions of the YPI-S. Measurement invariance across gender was established. Furthermore, we found positive small to medium correlations with both internalizing and externalizing mental health problems, substance abuse problems, and offending behavior. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the German version of the YPI-S is a reliable and valid screening instrument for psychopathic traits in both boys and girls from the general population in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. |
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spelling | pubmed-76855362020-11-25 Psychometric properties of the German version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory – short version Boonmann, Cyril Pérez, Tania Schmid, Marc Fegert, Jörg M. Jauk, Emanuel Schmeck, Klaus BMC Psychiatry Research Article BACKGROUND: The aim of the current study is to examine the psychometric properties of the German Version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory-Short Version (YPI-S). METHODS: A sample of 856 adolescents (age: 15–19) from the German-speaking part of Switzerland was included. All participants completed the 50-item YPI, of which we derived the 18 items of the YPI-S. Furthermore, participants completed the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version-2 (MAYSI-2), as well a self-report delinquency questionnaire. RESULTS: We were able to replicate a three-factor structure and found moderate to good internal consistency for the total score as well as for the three dimensions of the YPI-S. Measurement invariance across gender was established. Furthermore, we found positive small to medium correlations with both internalizing and externalizing mental health problems, substance abuse problems, and offending behavior. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the German version of the YPI-S is a reliable and valid screening instrument for psychopathic traits in both boys and girls from the general population in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. BioMed Central 2020-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7685536/ /pubmed/33228596 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02943-z Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Boonmann, Cyril Pérez, Tania Schmid, Marc Fegert, Jörg M. Jauk, Emanuel Schmeck, Klaus Psychometric properties of the German version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory – short version |
title | Psychometric properties of the German version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory – short version |
title_full | Psychometric properties of the German version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory – short version |
title_fullStr | Psychometric properties of the German version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory – short version |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric properties of the German version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory – short version |
title_short | Psychometric properties of the German version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory – short version |
title_sort | psychometric properties of the german version of the youth psychopathic traits inventory – short version |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7685536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33228596 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02943-z |
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