Member of the Student Research Committee, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Bull Menninger Clin. 2022 Winter;86(1):48-66. doi: 10.1521/bumc.2022.86.1.48.
Studies on the psychopathy construct are mostly limited to Western cultures, and there is a lack of research in this area in non-Western countries, specifically in Iran. The present study aimed to examine the factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the Persian version of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short Version (YPI-S) with a sample of 668 school-attending adolescents in Iran (46% girls; M = 16.35). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the proposed three-factor model. While the internal consistency of some YPI-S scores was unsatisfactory, the YPI-S scores showed the expected relations with external correlates (e.g., aggression, hyperactivity), supporting the validity of YPI-S scores. The authors' results supported the YPI-S for assessing psychopathic traits in Iranian adolescents. The modification of the YPI-S factor structure, the low factor loadings of some YPI-S items, and the inadequate internal consistency of some YPI-S dimensions indicate cultural influences on the assessment of cross-cultural traits.
对心理变态结构的研究大多局限于西方文化，在非西方国家，特别是在伊朗，这方面的研究还很缺乏。本研究旨在用伊朗 668 名在校青少年（46%为女生；M=16.35）的样本检验青少年心理变态特征量表-短式版（YPI-S）的因子结构、内部一致性和聚合效度。验证性因子分析支持了所提出的三因子模型。尽管一些 YPI-S 得分的内部一致性不太令人满意，但 YPI-S 得分与外部相关因素（如攻击性、多动性）呈现出预期的关系，支持了 YPI-S 得分的有效性。作者的研究结果支持 YPI-S 用于评估伊朗青少年的心理变态特征。YPI-S 的因子结构的修正、一些 YPI-S 项目的因子负荷低以及一些 YPI-S 维度的内部一致性不足表明，文化因素对跨文化特征的评估有影响。
