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Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

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22-03-2019

Psychopathic Traits in Early Childhood: Further Multi-informant Validation of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI)

Auteurs: Laura López-Romero, Lorena Maneiro, Olivier F. Colins, Henrik Andershed, Estrella Romero

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 3/2019

Abstract

The present study aimed to further test the teacher- and parent-versions of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI) in Spain, with a special focus on gender differences. Data were collected in a sample of 2467 preschool children (48.1% girls) aged three to six (mean age = 4.25; SD = 0.91). Results supported the proposed three-factor structure of the CPTI (Grandiose-deceitful, GD; Callous-unemotional, CU; and Impulsive-need of stimulation, INS), being invariant across gender, and with good-to-excellent internal consistency values. CPTI scores showed the expected associations with fearlessness, conduct problems, reactive and proactive aggression, hyperactivity and prosocial behavior, thereby supporting the external validity of the CPTI scores. This pattern of associations also held when cross-informant correlations were explored, although correlation values were lower in magnitude. Some different patterns of correlations were also found across gender groups. Overall, the CPTI reveals as a promising, psychometrically sound measure for assessing psychopathic traits in very young children using both parents’ and teachers’ reports.

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Participants were kids who had born in 2011–2013. The 6-years-old (8.2% of the sample) were children attending preschool who had born before July of 2011.

For the CPTI parents-reported, model fit indices for configural invariance were RMSEA = .07, CFI = .91, and TLI = .90; for metric invariance: RMSEA = .07, CFI = .91, and TLI = .90; and for scalar invariance: RMSEA = .06, CFI = .91, and TLI = .92. For the CPTI teachers-reported, the values for configural invariance were RMSEA = .08, CFI = .96, and TLI = .95; for metric invariance = RMSEA = .07, CFI = .96, and TLI = .95; and for scalar invariance: RMSEA = .07, CFI = .96, and TLI = .96.

Zero-order and partial correlation values in total sample were largely similar to those observed across gender groups, which are displayed in Tables 2 and 3. Further results in Total sample are available upon request.

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Titel: Psychopathic Traits in Early Childhood: Further Multi-informant Validation of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI)
Auteurs: Laura López-Romero
Lorena Maneiro
Olivier F. Colins
Henrik Andershed
Estrella Romero
Publicatiedatum: 22-03-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-019-09735-0

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