What is the relationship between psychopathy traits and attention deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) in juvenile offenders? The authors examined psychopathy scores, as
measured by the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version and three indices of ADHD in
122 incarcerated male juvenile offenders. In addition, we investigated whether psychopathy
and ADHD predicted violent behavior. Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version
Total and Factor 1 scores did not correlate with measures of ADHD, although Factor 2
scores were weakly associated with two of three ADHD indices. Psychopathy Checklist:
Youth Version scores, but not ADHDindicators, were correlated with violent behavior. |