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Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

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The Validity of the Child Problematic Trait Inventory in 6–12 Year Old Italian Children: Further Support and Issues of Consistency Across Different Sources of Information and Different Samples

Auteurs: Antonella Somma, Henrik Andershed, Serena Borroni, Andrea Fossati

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 3/2016

Abstract

In the present study, teacher’s ratings, mother’s ratings, and father’s ratings on the Child Problematic Trait Inventory (CPTI) were obtained on two independent samples (N = 381 and N = 406, respectively) of Italian school age children (age range: 6–12 years). Cronbach alpha values greater than 0.80 were observed for all CPTI scale scores based on teacher’s ratings, mother’s ratings, and father’s ratings respectively. Although intraclass correlation values suggested poor parent-teacher agreement, robust weighted least square Confirmatory Factor Analyses (WLSMV CFAs) suggested that the three-factor model of the CPTI was consistently replicated as the best fitting model across all informants. Logistic regression analysis conducted in one of the samples showed that teacher’s ratings and mother’s ratings of the CPTI, but not CPTI father’s ratings, significantly predicted child’s problem behavior at school. Multiple regression analyses showed that CPTI scores were significantly predicted by selected temperament dimensions, but with different relationships for different sources of information. Overall, our findings suggest that the CPTI is a reliable and valid measure of problematic traits with a three-factor structure, although this study indicates that multiple sources of information may prove necessary when assessing psychopathy in school-age children with the CPTI.

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Italian school system allows children not to pass the year because of problem behavior. In this case, failure is completely independent from the child’s school performance; failure is due to the fact that the child’s behavior is incompatible with passing the school year. Indeed, in order to pass the year, each child is supposed to have both a sufficient performance in each subject and a sufficient behavior grade.

We chose not to enter all informants’ ratings (i.e., teachers’ ratings, mothers’ ratings, and fathers’ ratings) in step 2 because we were interested in testing the contribution of each predictor in terms of amount of variance explained in the dependent variable, and we preferred to avoid capitalizing on predictor collinearity in estimating regression coefficients (and their standard errors).

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Titel: The Validity of the Child Problematic Trait Inventory in 6–12 Year Old Italian Children: Further Support and Issues of Consistency Across Different Sources of Information and Different Samples
Auteurs: Antonella Somma
Henrik Andershed
Serena Borroni
Andrea Fossati
Publicatiedatum: 21-11-2015
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-015-9528-4

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