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The INventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Antisocial Behavior (INCA) for Young People: Development and Validation in a Community Sample

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    Identifier: PC:3484
    Authors:
    Morales-Vives, FCosi, SLorenzo-Seva, UVigil-Colet,A
    Abstract:
    Callous-unemotional traits are defined as potential markers of psychopathy in children and adolescents. Previous studies with the most widely used instrument designed specifically to assess these traits, the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU), have shown major methodological problems. For this reason, the purpose of the present study was to develop a valid and reliable test to assess callous-unemotional traits for the adolescent population free of the response biases social desirability (SD) and acquiescence (AC). In order to obtain responses free of these biases, we used SD item markers as well as content balanced items to identify a factor related to SD and AC, so that SD and AC effects can be removed from the individual scores on content factors. As well as the CU traits (unemotional, callousness, and uncaring scales), this new questionnaire also contains an additional scale for assessing antisocial behaviors. The test was administered to 719 adolescents between 13 and 19 years old. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis yielded the following expected four dimensions with a good fit: Unemotional, Callousness, Uncaring, and Antisocial Behavior. These scales also showed good psychometric properties with good reliability, and convergent, discriminant and criterion validity.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Morales-Vives, F; Cosi, S; Lorenzo-Seva, U; Vigil-Colet,A
    Department: Psicologia
    URV's Author/s: MORALES VIVES, FÀBIA; COSI MUÑOZ, ALEXANDRA; LORENZO SEVA, URBANO; VIGIL COLET, ANDRÉS
    Abstract: Callous-unemotional traits are defined as potential markers of psychopathy in children and adolescents. Previous studies with the most widely used instrument designed specifically to assess these traits, the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU), have shown major methodological problems. For this reason, the purpose of the present study was to develop a valid and reliable test to assess callous-unemotional traits for the adolescent population free of the response biases social desirability (SD) and acquiescence (AC). In order to obtain responses free of these biases, we used SD item markers as well as content balanced items to identify a factor related to SD and AC, so that SD and AC effects can be removed from the individual scores on content factors. As well as the CU traits (unemotional, callousness, and uncaring scales), this new questionnaire also contains an additional scale for assessing antisocial behaviors. The test was administered to 719 adolescents between 13 and 19 years old. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis yielded the following expected four dimensions with a good fit: Unemotional, Callousness, Uncaring, and Antisocial Behavior. These scales also showed good psychometric properties with good reliability, and convergent, discriminant and criterion validity.
    Research group: INNOVACIONS TECNOLÒGIQUES EN LA MESURA DE TRETS LATENTS
    Thematic Areas: Psychology Psicología Psicologia
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 1664-1078
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-2095-0244; 0000-0003-2426-0993; 0000-0001-5369-3099; 0000-0003-3818-4514
    Record's date: 2019-03-27
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00713/full
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00713
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2019
    Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
  • Keywords:

    Psicòpates
    Personalitat sociopatològica
    Psychology
    Psicología
    Psicologia
    1664-1078
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