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However, both the forensic sample and the clinic sample reported significantly higher depression scores on the CES-D scale than the community sample.
Consensus diagnoses were obtained for each participant of both the forensic sample and the clinic sample by standardized quality procedures involving the approval of junior clinicians' diagnoses by senior expert clinicians.
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The forensic sample was evaluated by a single observer while the archaeological sample was independently scored by three different observers.
The forensic sample was more likely to have a diagnosis of borderline to mild IQ and psychotic disorder was more common.
Third, the generalizability of the forensic sample from a high security hospital might be limited due to the fact that all offenders received a treatment program including anger management.
Using ordinal chi-square, the forensic sample (audit 1 = 64%; audit 2 = 82.9%) had greater instances of family violence than the clinical sample (audit 1 = 32%; audit 2 = 28.6%).
In comparison to the population-based sample, we observed extremely higher scores on conduct problems (Antisocial scale) in the forensic sample, d = 1.20, as well as in clinic-referred, d = 1.05, and scholar adolescents, d = .78.78
Regarding self-reported self-esteem, the forensic sample did not differ from the community sample.
Furthermore, the proportion of adolescents with low intelligence was significantly higher in the forensic sample.
The forensic sample was selective by court decision because not all of the court cases were referred for forensic evaluation.
When comparing clinical diagnoses in the clinic and the forensic sample, the clinic sample displayed more psychopathology in various domains, whereas the forensic sample showed more conduct disorder diagnoses and borderline intelligence.
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