TY - JOUR
T1 - French Adaptation and Validation of the Expanded Version of the Three-Factor Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale
AU - Maheux-Caron, Véronique
AU - Gamache, Dominick
AU - Sellbom, Martin
AU - Christian, Elliott
AU - Lussier, Yvan
AU - Savard, Claudia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - The goal of this study (N = 432 participants from a community sample) is to report on the psychometric properties of a French adaptation of the Expanded Version of the Three-Factor Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (E-LSRP), which was developed to alleviate some shortcomings of the original LSRP. A three correlated factor exploratory structural equation modeling model showed the best fits and attained satisfactory indices. There were significant, conceptually meaningful associations with measures of Dark Triad traits, pathological narcissism, empathy, impulsivity, substance misuse, and social desirability. Incremental validity over a 19-item scale proposed by Brinkley et al. was also mostly demonstrated, especially for convergent validity. Overall, the French E-LSRP possesses sound psychometric properties, comparable for the most part with the original instrument, and should be seen as a useful measure of psychopathic traits in community samples.
AB - The goal of this study (N = 432 participants from a community sample) is to report on the psychometric properties of a French adaptation of the Expanded Version of the Three-Factor Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (E-LSRP), which was developed to alleviate some shortcomings of the original LSRP. A three correlated factor exploratory structural equation modeling model showed the best fits and attained satisfactory indices. There were significant, conceptually meaningful associations with measures of Dark Triad traits, pathological narcissism, empathy, impulsivity, substance misuse, and social desirability. Incremental validity over a 19-item scale proposed by Brinkley et al. was also mostly demonstrated, especially for convergent validity. Overall, the French E-LSRP possesses sound psychometric properties, comparable for the most part with the original instrument, and should be seen as a useful measure of psychopathic traits in community samples.
KW - factor analysis
KW - measure
KW - psychopathy
KW - self-report
KW - translation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059346810&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1073191118811607
DO - 10.1177/1073191118811607
M3 - Article
SN - 1073-1911
VL - 27
SP - 1448
EP - 1462
JO - Assessment
JF - Assessment
IS - 7
ER -