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Personality: dark traits and pathology

Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory.

YPI

What it measures
Psychopathic traits in youth (ages ~12-20); 10 subscales -> 3 factors: Grandiose-Manipulative, Callous-Unemotional, Impulsive-Irresponsible
Length and format
50 items. 4-pt Likert (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Many: SV (origin), EN, PT, ZH, ES, IT, etc.
Normative data
Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
Licence
copyrighted - author permission

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Reference
Andershed, H., Kerr, M., Stattin, H., & Levander, S. (2002). Psychopathic traits in non-referred youths: A new assessment tool. In Blaauw & Sheridan (Eds.), Psychopaths: Current international perspectives.

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