The current study examined the psychometric properties (factor structure, reliability and validity) of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth et al., 2003) in Spanish samples of male justice-involved youths between 15 and 22-years old. The PCL:YV was administered to two groups of youths who were incarcerated (n = 62; n = 95) and a sample of youth on probation (n = 122). Confirmatory factor analyses showed acceptable-to-good fit for three- and four-factor models. The four-factor hierarchical model with a second-order higher factor representing the whole psychopathy construct was considered for further analyses. PCL:YV scores showed high internal consistency and inter-rater reliability. Low-to-moderate convergence with other measures of psychopathic traits evinced an adequate convergent validity. Convergent and discriminant validity of the PCL:YV total scores were also confirmed considering several measures of psychopathology and personality traits. Importantly, the differential external correlates of the PCL:YV factors provide support for a multidimensional conceptualization of the psychopathy construct. Altogether, these results reveal adequate psychometric properties of the PCL:YV in Spanish population of justice-involved youths and justifies its use to assess psychopathic traits in this kind of populations.

目前的研究在西班牙 15 至 22 岁的男性司法参与青年样本中检查了精神病检查表的心理测量特性（因素结构、信度和效度）：青年版 (PCL:YV; Forth et al., 2003) . PCL:YV 对两组被监禁的青年（n =  62；n =  95）和缓刑青年样本（n = 122)。验证性因素分析显示三因素和四因素模型的拟合度可以接受到良好。考虑进一步分析具有代表整个精神病构造的二阶较高因子的四因子层次模型。PCL:YV 评分显示出较高的内部一致性和评分者间信度。与其他精神病特征测量的低到中度收敛证明了足够的收敛效度。PCL:YV 总分的收敛效度和判别效度也得到了确认，考虑到了精神病理学和人格特征的几种测量方法。重要的是，PCL:YV 因素的不同外部相关性为精神病构造的多维概念化提供了支持。总之，这些结果揭示了 PCL 的足够的心理测量特性：