Clinical change in psychopathic traits after the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP program: preliminary findings of a controlled trial with male detained youth
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Authors | Ribeiro da Silva, Diana, Rijo, Daniel, Salekin, Randall T., Paulo, Marlene, Miguel, Rita and Gilbert, Paul |
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Abstract | To assess the preliminary efficacy of the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP in reducing psychopathic traits among male detained youth. In this controlled trial, a treatment group (n = 24) and a control group (n = 22) answered the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short at baseline and post-treatment. Treatment participants attended the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP, in addition to the Treatment As Usual (TAU); controls only received TAU. The treatment effects were tested both at a group level (2 × 2 mixed ANOVA) and at an individual level (Reliable Change Index; RCI). ANOVAs showed medium to large effect sizes (η2p), while RCIs revealed strong to moderate effect sizes (Cramer’s V). Despite the limitations, this study offered preliminary evidence for the efficacy of the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP, suggesting that interventions targeting psychopathic traits should be considered in the rehabilitation of detained youth, as the absence of tailored interventions may increase the levels of psychopathic traits and its associated risks. |
Keywords | compassion focused therapy; conduct disorder; detained youth; individual psychotherapeutic interventions; juvenile justice system; psychopathic traits; PSYCHOPATHY.COMP |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Journal of Experimental Criminolgy |
Journal of Experimental Criminology | |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
ISSN | 1573-3750 |
1572-8315 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-020-09418-x |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/624690 |
http://www.springer.com/tdm | |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/624690 | |
Publication dates | 04 Feb 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 08 Apr 2020, 11:28 |
Accepted | 05 Dec 2019 |
Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |
Contributors | University of Coimbra, university of Alabama and University of Derby |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/942qw/clinical-change-in-psychopathic-traits-after-the-psychopathy-comp-program-preliminary-findings-of-a-controlled-trial-with-male-detained-youth
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