Obradović Jelena, Pardini Dustin A, Long Jeffrey D, Loeber Rolf
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2007 Jul-Sep;36(3):276-92. doi: 10.1080/15374410701441633.
Studies show interpersonal callousness (IC) plays an important role in understanding persistent antisocial behaviors; however, it remains unclear whether IC is a unidimensional construct, represented by invariant behavioral indexes and stable across different developmental periods. This study explores the structure and stability of IC using parent and teacher reports of IC behaviors in a cohort of 506 inner-city boys assessed annually from ages 8 to 16. Results support the unidimensionality of the IC construct from childhood to adolescence and reveal longitudinal invariance between ages 8 to 11 and 12 to 16 in the case of parent report and from age 11 to 16 in the case of teacher report. Findings reveal significant stability of IC across 9 years of assessment. This study emphasizes the importance of testing the longitudinal invariance of constructs that span multiple developmental periods to promote a more unambiguous understanding of developmental stability and change.
研究表明，人际冷漠（IC）在理解持续的反社会行为中起着重要作用；然而，IC是否是一个单维结构，由不变的行为指标表示且在不同发育阶段保持稳定，仍不清楚。本研究利用对506名市中心男孩队列中IC行为的家长和教师报告，探讨了IC的结构和稳定性，这些男孩从8岁到16岁每年接受评估。结果支持了从童年到青少年期IC结构的单维性，并揭示了在家长报告中8至11岁和12至16岁之间以及在教师报告中11至16岁之间的纵向不变性。研究结果显示，在9年的评估中IC具有显著的稳定性。本研究强调了测试跨越多个发育阶段的结构的纵向不变性对于促进对发育稳定性和变化的更明确理解的重要性。
