Journal article
Adolescents With Psychopathic Characteristics in a Substance Abusing Cohort: Treatment Process and Outcomes
Law and human behavior, v 27(3), pp 299-313
Jun 2003
PMID: 12794966
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Abstract
Psychopathy is a condition with important consequences both for individuals who experience it and for the communities in which they live. Although the assessment of psychopathy among adolescents remains controversial, some evidence suggests that the affective and behavioral traits of adult psychopathy begin to emerge in childhood (B. B. Lahey & A. Kazdin, 1990) and continue across the lifespan (A. E. Forth, S. D. Hart, & R. D. Hare, 1990). The present study used the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; A. E. Forth, S. D. Kosson, & R. D. Hare, in press) to retrospectively assess psychopathic characteristics, treatment process, and outcomes of 64 individuals referred for treatment to a substance abuse program for adjudicated adolescents. This study focused on the relationship between psychopathic characteristics and treatment process and outcome variables, including attrition rates, quality of participation, substance use throughout treatment, clinical improvement, and 12-month recidivism rates. Psychopathic characteristics were negatively related to treatment process and outcome variables, including attrition, participation, substance use, and clinical improvement. Psychopathic characteristics were positively related to the number of arrests in the 12 months following treatment completion. Implications for treatment and future research with adolescents displaying psychopathic characteristics are discussed.
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- Title
- Adolescents With Psychopathic Characteristics in a Substance Abusing Cohort: Treatment Process and Outcomes
- Creators
- Melanie L O'Neill - Institute for Addictive Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaVictor Lidz - Institute for Addictive Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaKirk Heilbrun - Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Contributors
- Richard L Wiener (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Law and human behavior, v 27(3), pp 299-313
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000182444200005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0038464678
- Other Identifier
- 991014878444904721
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