@article{ref1,
title="Psychopathic traits in young offenders vs. non-offenders in similar socioeconomic condition",
journal="Revista brasileira de psiquiatria",
year="2014",
author="Castellana, Gustavo B. and Barros, Daniel M. de and Serafim, Antonio de P. and Busatto Filho, Geraldo",
volume="36",
number="3",
pages="241-244",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To analyze the differences in psychopathic traits between offender and non-offender youths with similar socioeconomic backgrounds. <br><br>METHOD: The Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) scale was used to identify whether 39 young offenders with no history of mental disorders or criteria for psychopathy exhibited differences in its total score, and specifically for factor 1 or factor 2 of this scale, when compared with 32 other young people, living in similar socioeconomic conditions, who had not committed offenses. <br><br>RESULTS: We observed statistically significant between-group differences (p < 0.01) in mean PCL-R scores, with a mean score of 13.4 in the offender group vs. 2.1 in the non-offender group. We also detected significant between-group differences when we analyzed mean factor 1 (p < 0.01) and factor 2 (p < 0.01) scores separately. Although the groups exhibited statistically significant difference in educational attainment, between-group comparison of mean PCL-R scores controlling for educational attainment by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) showed that the difference in PCL-R scores remained statistically significant (p < 0.01). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that, in this sample, the presence of both primary (interpersonal/affective characteristics) and secondary (lifestyle/antisocial behavior) psychopathic traits differed between offender and non-offender youths, even when excluding psychopathy and other mental disorders from the assessments. These results suggest a need for wide-ranging interventions, not restricted to socioeconomic aspects, for the management of juvenile delinquency.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1516-4446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}