Colins Olivier F, Fanti Kostas, Larsson Henrik, Andershed Henrik
1 Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
2 Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Assessment. 2017 Jul;24(5):602-614. doi: 10.1177/1073191115624544. Epub 2016 Jan 4.
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.
目的是进一步测试一种新开发的用于评估儿童精神病态人格特质的工具——儿童问题特质量表（CPTI）的信度和效度。使用了瑞典学前双胞胎研究的数据，这是一项针对5岁双胞胎（n = 1188，50.3%为女孩）的全国性普通人群研究。学前教师和家长都作为信息提供者。验证性因素分析重现了CPTI 28个项目预期的三因素结构。总体而言，我们的研究结果显示出良好的内部一致性和收敛效度，所有教师评定的CPTI分数都与教师和家长对外化精神病理学、攻击行为、无畏和亲社会同伴参与的评定相关。总之，CPTI有望成为一种由教师评定的评估儿童期精神病态特质的工具，不过还需要更多研究来确定这些发现是否能推广到其他国家、环境和年龄较大的儿童。
