Factor structure of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits in a representative sample of German 9th grade students

Kliem, Sören; Lohmann, Anna; Neumann, Merten; Glaubitz, Christoffer; Haselbach, Solveig; Bergmann, Marie Christine; Baier, Dirk

doi:10.1007/s10802-019-00590-x

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Factor structure of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits in a representative sample of German 9th grade students
Authors:	Kliem, Sören Lohmann, Anna Neumann, Merten Glaubitz, Christoffer Haselbach, Solveig Bergmann, Marie Christine Baier, Dirk
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1007/s10802-019-00590-x
Published in:	Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Issue Date:	2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Springer
ISSN:	0091-0627 1573-2835
Language:	English
Subjects:	Callous-unemotional traits; Conduct disorder; Factor analysis; ICU; Psychopathy
Subject (DDC):	616.89: Mental disorders, clinical psychology and psychiatry 618.92: Pediatrics
Abstract:	Callous-unemotional (CU) traits represent the affective components of the psychopathy construct and show a strong relationship to violence and conduct-disorder in children. The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) is the current standard to assess CU traits. Despite the ICU having originally been constructed as a four-dimensional instrument, several studies found a three-factorial structure in combination with a general ICU-factor to be the best fitting factor-model. An imbalance in the number of positively and negatively worded items can be observed between the identified ICU dimensions. To investigate the effect of item keying on the factor structure we tested different factor-models in data stemming from a large sample (N = 3878) of German ninth grade students. Our findings suggest that the original four-factorial structure with a method factor shows good model fit. This solution is furthermore in line with the specifiers of the additional coding of Limited Prosocial Emotions for Conduct Disorder in the DSM-V.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/18589
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Departement:	Social Work
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Delinquency and Crime Prevention (IDK)
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Kliem, S., Lohmann, A., Neumann, M., Glaubitz, C., Haselbach, S., Bergmann, M. C., & Baier, D. (2019). Factor structure of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits in a representative sample of German 9th grade students. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00590-x

Kliem, S. et al. (2019) ‘Factor structure of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits in a representative sample of German 9th grade students’, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00590-x.

S. Kliem et al., “Factor structure of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits in a representative sample of German 9th grade students,” Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2019, doi: 10.1007/s10802-019-00590-x.

KLIEM, Sören, Anna LOHMANN, Merten NEUMANN, Christoffer GLAUBITZ, Solveig HASELBACH, Marie Christine BERGMANN und Dirk BAIER, 2019. Factor structure of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits in a representative sample of German 9th grade students. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 2019. DOI 10.1007/s10802-019-00590-x

Kliem, Sören, Anna Lohmann, Merten Neumann, Christoffer Glaubitz, Solveig Haselbach, Marie Christine Bergmann, and Dirk Baier. 2019. “Factor Structure of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Representative Sample of German 9th Grade Students.” Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00590-x.

Kliem, Sören, et al. “Factor Structure of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Representative Sample of German 9th Grade Students.” Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00590-x.