Citation

Colins OF, Andershed H, Hawes SW, Bijttebier P, Pardini DA. Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. 2015; 47(5): 679-690.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10578-015-0601-8

PMID

26493393

Abstract

This study examines the psychometric properties of the self-report version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in 191 detained female adolescents (M = 15.76, SD = 1.02). Evidence supporting the validity of the ICU scores was generally weak, largely due to poor functioning of the Unemotional subscale.

RESULTS from confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated support for a recently proposed shortened version of the ICU consisting of two subscales (Callousness and Uncaring). Both subscales showed acceptable to good internal consistency. This short-form version also improved criterion validity, though some issues regarding its convergent validity need further consideration. In conclusion, this study suggests that a short-form version of the ICU that includes a subset of the original items may hold promise as an efficient and valid method for assessing CU traits.

Keywords: Juvenile justice

Language: en