TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the validity of self-report of psychopathy short-form (SRP-SF) in incarcerated offenders from Chile and Uruguay
AU - Trajtenberg, Nicolás
AU - de Ribera, Olga Sánchez
AU - Nivette, Amy
AU - León-Mayer, Elizabeth
AU - Neumann, Craig S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Data collection in Uruguay was part of a project funded by the Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica [Sectorial Commission of Scientific Research] (FINCSOC_CSIC_38). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, interpolation of these data, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - Psychopathy remains a relatively unexplored concept in Latin America. The abbreviated Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (SRP-SF) seems promising in this under-resourced context. However, the SRP-SF should be tested for measurement invariance to achieve meaningful comparison across countries in Latin America. Therefore the aims of this study were to examine the underlying factor structure of the SRP-SF in incarcerated adult male offenders from Uruguay (n = 331) and Chile (n = 208), to examine the measurement invariance of the SRP-SF across countries, and to assess the utility of SRP-SF to classify first time offenders from offenders with criminal history. Findings showed a good fit for the four-factor model in Uruguay, and both Chile and Uruguay showed invariance. Conversely, the Interpersonal and Affective factors were not associated with criminal history in the Uruguayan sample. Therefore, more studies are needed before using the SRP-SF as screening tool to classify first-time offenders and reoffenders in different countries in Latin America.
AB - Psychopathy remains a relatively unexplored concept in Latin America. The abbreviated Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (SRP-SF) seems promising in this under-resourced context. However, the SRP-SF should be tested for measurement invariance to achieve meaningful comparison across countries in Latin America. Therefore the aims of this study were to examine the underlying factor structure of the SRP-SF in incarcerated adult male offenders from Uruguay (n = 331) and Chile (n = 208), to examine the measurement invariance of the SRP-SF across countries, and to assess the utility of SRP-SF to classify first time offenders from offenders with criminal history. Findings showed a good fit for the four-factor model in Uruguay, and both Chile and Uruguay showed invariance. Conversely, the Interpersonal and Affective factors were not associated with criminal history in the Uruguayan sample. Therefore, more studies are needed before using the SRP-SF as screening tool to classify first-time offenders and reoffenders in different countries in Latin America.
KW - Confirmatory factor analysis
KW - Measurement invariance
KW - Prison
KW - Psychopathy
KW - Self-report psychopathy scale
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101867
DO - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101867
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147939986
SN - 0160-2527
VL - 87
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
M1 - 101867
ER -