Table 1.

Correspondence between Lynam’s 50-Item Self Report Child Psychopathy Scale (mCPS) and Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist (PCL)

PCL Scale	mCPS Scale	Number of items in CPS	mCPS Item Example
Factor1
Glibness	Glibness	4	Are you talkative?
Pathological Lying	Untruthfulness	5	Will you usually tell a lie if you think you can get
Manipulative	Manipulation	3	Do you try to take advantage of other people?
Lack of remorse or guilt	Lack of guilt	3	Do you usually feel guilty after doing something wrong?
Lack of empathy	Callousness	4	Are you considerate and thoughtful of other people?
Shallow affect	Poverty of affect	7	Do you make close friendships with other people?
Failure to accept responsibility	Failure to accept responsability	3	Do you try to blame other people for things that you have done?
Factor2
Need for stimulation	Boredom susceptibility	5	Are you easily bored?
Parasistic Lifestyle	Parasistic Lifestyle	4	Do you try to see how much you can get away with?
Lack of long term goals	Lack of planning	3	Do you plan things ahead?
Impulsivity	Impulsiveness	3	Do you use your head before doing or saying something?
Irresponsability	Unreliability	3	Are you reliable and dependable?
Poor behavioral control	Behavioral Dyscontrol	3	Are you easily frustrated?