Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
The relation among psychopathic traits, violence, and mental health needs was investigated in a sample of male and female juvenile offenders to test for the presence of gender differences. Demographic, offense, and mental health information was gathered from 100 youth offenders, 50 female and 50 male, committed to a state juvenile justice agency. Case file information was used to score the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version and additional archival data was used to code offense and mental health variables. Female and male juvenile offenders differed on PCL:YV scores as a function of proactive violence and mental health needs. The results are discussed in terms of the assessment of psychopathy in adolescence, the differential manifestation of psychopathic traits in adolescent females, and relevant treatment implications.
Recommended Citation
Cook, Nathan, "The Confluence of Psychopathic Traits, Violence, and Mental Health Needs in Adolescent Females: Theoretical and Treatment Implications" (2008). Psychology Theses. 5.
https://docs.rwu.edu/psych_thesis/5
