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  • Title: An examination of the parent report version of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits in a community sample of first-grade children.
    Author: Willoughby MT, Mills-Koonce WR, Waschbusch DA, Gottfredson NC, Family Life Project Investigators.
    Journal: Assessment; 2015 Feb; 22(1):76-85. PubMed ID: 24820529.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits is a self- and other report questionnaire of callous-unemotional behaviors that is increasingly widely used in research and clinical settings. Nonetheless, questions about the factor structure and validity of scales remain. METHOD: This study provided the first large-scale (N = 1,078) investigation of the parent report version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in a community sample of school-age (first-grade) children. RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a two-factor model that distinguished empathic-prosocial (EP) from callous-unemotional (CU) behaviors provided the best fit to the data. EP and CU were moderately to strongly correlated with each other (ϕ = -.67, p < .001) and with oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder (ODD/CD) behaviors (ϕODD/CD, EP = -.55; ϕODD/CD, CU = .71, ps < .001). Individual differences in EP and CU behaviors explained unique variation, beyond that attributable to ODD/CD behaviors, in peer-, teacher-, and parent relationship quality. Moreover, whereas EP moderated the effects of ODD/CD in the prediction of student-teacher relationship quality, CU moderated the effects of ODD/CD in the prediction of peer and parent relationship quality. CONCLUSIONS: Results are discussed with respect to the use of the ICU with school-age children.
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