@article{ref1,
title="The Role of Psychopathic Personality Disorder in Violence Risk Assessments Using the HCR-20",
journal="Journal of personality disorders",
year="2010",
author="Guy, Laura S. and Douglas, K. S. and Hendry, Melissa C.",
volume="24",
number="5",
pages="551-580",
abstract="Antisocial and psychopathic traits are essential to evaluate when assessing risk for violence using the HCR-20. The role of the PCL-R on the HCR-20 was investigated using a series of meta-analytic tests. Across 34 samples in which both tools were rated, AUCs for violence were similar (∼.69), and exclusion of the psychopathy item (H7) did not reduce the HCR-20's accuracy. Quantitative synthesis of results from multivariate analyses conducted in 7 raw datasets that used both tools demonstrated that the average probability of observing violence for every point increase on the HCR-20 (without H7), while controlling for the PCL-R, was 23%, whereas for the PCL-R it was -1%. The HCR-20 (without H7) added incremental validity to the PCL-R, whereas the converse was not true, and only the HCR-20 (without H7) possessed unique predictive validity. Results suggest the HCR-20's predictive validity was not negatively impacted by excluding the PCL-R. Areas for future study are discussed, including research on various ways to assess and incorporate into risk assessment personality traits related to violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-579X",
doi="10.1521/pedi.2010.24.5.551",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2010.24.5.551"
}