Colins Olivier F, Roetman Peter J, Lopez-Romero Laura, Andershed Henrik
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Assessment. 2020 Sep;27(6):1242-1257. doi: 10.1177/1073191119832654. Epub 2019 Mar 7.
This is the first study that tested the psychometric properties of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI) in clinic-referred children (ages 6-13 years). Teachers ( = 159) and parents ( = 173) completed the CPTI and various other measures. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the CPTI's three-factor structure when teachers and parents rated the 28 CPTI items. Teacher- and parent-reported CPTI scores showed the expected relations with external correlates (e.g., conduct problems and proactive aggression). Crucially, the validity of the CPTI scores was also supported across informants (i.e., when linking teacher-reported CPTI scores to parent-reported external correlates, and vice versa) and across methods (i.e., regardless if a questionnaire or a diagnostic interview was used to measure external correlates). We conclude that the CPTI holds promise as a research tool for assessing psychopathic traits in clinic-referred children. Until our findings have been replicated and extended, the CPTI should not be used for clinical decision making.
这是第一项对临床转介儿童（6至13岁）的儿童问题特质量表（CPTI）的心理测量特性进行测试的研究。159名教师和173名家长完成了CPTI及其他各种测评。验证性因素分析支持了教师和家长对CPTI的28个项目进行评分时CPTI的三因素结构。教师和家长报告的CPTI分数显示出与外部相关因素（如品行问题和主动攻击行为）的预期关系。至关重要的是，CPTI分数的有效性在不同信息提供者之间（即当将教师报告的CPTI分数与家长报告的外部相关因素联系起来时，反之亦然）以及不同方法之间（即无论使用问卷还是诊断访谈来测量外部相关因素）也得到了支持。我们得出结论，CPTI有望成为评估临床转介儿童心理病态特质的研究工具。在我们的研究结果得到重复验证和扩展之前，CPTI不应被用于临床决策。
