精神病得分预测高风险青年的复发:一项为期五年的随访研究
Corey H Allen1, Aparna R Gullapalli2, Michaela Milillo2
1The Mind Research Network, 1101 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106-4188, USA. callen@mrn.org.
Research on child and adolescent psychopathology
|February 26, 2024
概括
较高的精神病态特征和较低的智商得分预测高危男性青少年重犯. 这些发现对于预测不同年轻人群中的复发性具有重要意义.
科学领域:
- 法医心理学 法医心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 精神病特征与司法涉及的年轻人重新逮捕有关.
- 以前的研究往往排除少数群体,并专注于较低风险的样本.
- 关于预测高风险,主要是西班牙裔/拉丁裔男性青少年的复发现象的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估子精神病检查清单:青少年版本 (PCL: YV) 对一般和暴力重罪复犯罪的预测有效性.
- 在一个大规模,高风险,主要是西班牙裔/拉丁裔男性青少年样本中检查这些预测.
- 在五年后续期间评估预测.
主要方法:
- 使用"子精神病检查清单:青少年版本" (PCL:YV) 进行专家评级.
- 包括254名高风险,主要是西班牙裔/拉丁裔男性青少年的样本.
- 采用了为期五年的随访来追踪重罪和暴力重罪的重新逮捕.
主要成果:
- 较高的PCL:YV分数与较短的重罪再逮捕时间有显著的关联.
- 较低的全尺度估计智商分数也预测了更快的重罪回归.
- 这些关联在西班牙裔/拉丁裔子组中是一致的.
结论:
- 在高风险的男性青少年中,PCL:YV和智商是重罪和暴力重罪复发的可靠预测指标.
- 这些发现对西班牙裔/拉丁裔年轻人尤为重要,因为他们受到青少年司法系统的不成比例影响.
- 心理病和智商的专家评级措施为风险评估和干预计划提供了宝贵的见解.
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