
Psychopathic traits in early childhood : further validation of the child problematic traits inventory
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- Olivier Colins (UGent) , Kostas Fanti, Henrik Larsson and Henrik Andershed
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- Abstract
- The aim was to further test the reliability and validity of a newly developed instrument designed to assess psychopathic personality traits in children, the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI). Data from the Preschool Twin Study in Sweden were used, a national general population study of 5-year-old twins (n = 1,188, 50.3% girls). Both preschool teachers and parents were used as informants. Confirmatory factor analysis replicated the intended three-factorial structure of the 28 items of the CPTI. Overall, our findings demonstrated good internal consistency and convergent validity, with all the teacher-rated CPTI scores being associated with teacher and parent ratings of externalizing psychopathology, aggressive behavior, fearlessness, and prosocial peer involvement. In conclusion, the CPTI hold promise as a teacher-rated tool for assessing psychopathic traits in childhood, though more research is needed to see if these findings can be generalized to other countries, settings, and older children.
- Keywords
- CALLOUS-UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS, CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS, PROCESS, SCREENING DEVICE, CONDUCT PROBLEMS, COMMUNITY SAMPLE, ANTISOCIAL-BEHAVIOR, SECONDARY VARIANTS, RATING-SCALE, SELF-REPORT, AGGRESSION, grandiose-deceitful, callous-unemotional, psychopathic traits, psychometric properties, preschoolers
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8588077
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- Colins, Olivier et al. “Psychopathic Traits in Early Childhood : Further Validation of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory.” ASSESSMENT 24.5 (2017): 602–614. Print.
- APA
- Colins, O., Fanti, K., Larsson, H., & Andershed, H. (2017). Psychopathic traits in early childhood : further validation of the child problematic traits inventory. ASSESSMENT, 24(5), 602–614.
- Chicago author-date
- Colins, Olivier, Kostas Fanti, Henrik Larsson, and Henrik Andershed. 2017. “Psychopathic Traits in Early Childhood : Further Validation of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory.” Assessment 24 (5): 602–614.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Colins, Olivier, Kostas Fanti, Henrik Larsson, and Henrik Andershed. 2017. “Psychopathic Traits in Early Childhood : Further Validation of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory.” Assessment 24 (5): 602–614.
- Vancouver
- 1.Colins O, Fanti K, Larsson H, Andershed H. Psychopathic traits in early childhood : further validation of the child problematic traits inventory. ASSESSMENT. Thousand oaks: Sage Publications Inc; 2017;24(5):602–14.
- IEEE
- [1]O. Colins, K. Fanti, H. Larsson, and H. Andershed, “Psychopathic traits in early childhood : further validation of the child problematic traits inventory,” ASSESSMENT, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 602–614, 2017.
@article{8588077, abstract = {The aim was to further test the reliability and validity of a newly developed instrument designed to assess psychopathic personality traits in children, the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI). Data from the Preschool Twin Study in Sweden were used, a national general population study of 5-year-old twins (n = 1,188, 50.3% girls). Both preschool teachers and parents were used as informants. Confirmatory factor analysis replicated the intended three-factorial structure of the 28 items of the CPTI. Overall, our findings demonstrated good internal consistency and convergent validity, with all the teacher-rated CPTI scores being associated with teacher and parent ratings of externalizing psychopathology, aggressive behavior, fearlessness, and prosocial peer involvement. In conclusion, the CPTI hold promise as a teacher-rated tool for assessing psychopathic traits in childhood, though more research is needed to see if these findings can be generalized to other countries, settings, and older children.}, author = {Colins, Olivier and Fanti, Kostas and Larsson, Henrik and Andershed, Henrik}, issn = {1073-1911}, journal = {ASSESSMENT}, keywords = {CALLOUS-UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS,CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS,PROCESS,SCREENING DEVICE,CONDUCT PROBLEMS,COMMUNITY SAMPLE,ANTISOCIAL-BEHAVIOR,SECONDARY VARIANTS,RATING-SCALE,SELF-REPORT,AGGRESSION,grandiose-deceitful,callous-unemotional,psychopathic traits,psychometric properties,preschoolers}, language = {eng}, number = {5}, pages = {602--614}, publisher = {Sage Publications Inc}, title = {Psychopathic traits in early childhood : further validation of the child problematic traits inventory}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073191115624544}, volume = {24}, year = {2017}, }
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