Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Assessment. 2013 Oct;20(5):532-44. doi: 10.1177/1073191112474338. Epub 2013 Jan 23.
The Inventory of Callous and Unemotional Traits (ICU), developed to assess callous/unemotional (CU) traits, has recently experienced increased attention in light of the proposal to add a CU specifier to the conduct disorder diagnosis in DSM-5. In a sample of 70 at-risk adolescents (ages 13-17 years) in the foster care system who received a contemplative intervention program, the present study placed the ICU within a nomological network of correlates, including anxiety, depression, hopefulness, loneliness, and physiological measures of stress (e.g., cortisol). The findings offered some support for the ICU's construct validity, including significant negative associations with measures of compassion toward others. Nevertheless, unexpected substantial positive correlations emerged with multiple measures of psychological distress, raising questions concerning other aspects of the ICU's construct validity. Taken together, results of the current study suggest that rather than assessing a dearth of all major emotions as implied by its name and some previous descriptions, the ICU may be heavily saturated with negative emotionality and global maladjustment.
《无情特质问卷》（Inventory of Callous and Unemotional Traits，ICU）是为评估无情/无情感特质（callous/unemotional，CU）而开发的，最近由于在 DSM-5 中增加 CU 特质这一建议，该问卷受到了越来越多的关注。在一项对接受沉思干预计划的 70 名处于寄养系统中的高危青少年（13-17 岁）的样本中，本研究将 ICU 置于相关的效标网络中，包括焦虑、抑郁、希望、孤独和应激的生理指标（如皮质醇）。研究结果为 ICU 的结构效度提供了一些支持，包括与对他人的同情的衡量标准显著负相关。然而，与多个心理困扰衡量标准却出人意料地出现了显著的正相关，这引发了对 ICU 结构效度的其他方面的质疑。综上所述，当前研究的结果表明，与之前的一些描述不同，ICU 名称及其之前的描述暗示它可能缺乏所有主要情绪，但实际上它可能高度饱和于消极情绪和整体适应不良。
