Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschoolers

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Autor(a) principal: Figueiredo, Patrícia
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Ramião, Eduarda, Moreira, Diana, Barroso, Ricardo, Barbosa, Fernando
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/42010
Resumo: Several authors suggest that Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits may be useful in identifying adolescents who exhibit initial, severe, chronic, and aggressive conduct problems. The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) was developed to assess these traits, later associated with psychopathy, in children and adolescents. This study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the teacher-report ICU for preschool-age children. The sample was collected in public schools and comprised the responses of 46 preschool teachers concerning 131 children (62 girls) between 3 and 6 years of age. Results indicate that a two-factor model revealed the best fit to our data, including a Callous and an Uncaring factor, resorting to 12 of the original 24 items. Additionally, the results of this study also provide evidence of measurement invariance across sex for the ICU, allowing us to compare mean levels of CU traits between boys and girls. The results of the present study showed that the Portuguese version of the ICU scale (teacher’s version) seems reliable and valid for evaluating CU traits in preschool children.
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spelling Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in PreschoolersPropriedades psicométricas da versão portuguesa para professores do Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits para Crianças Pré-EscolaresCallous-unemotional traitsFactor analysisICUPreschool childrenPsychometric propertiesAnálise fatorialPropriedades psicométricasTraços de frieza emocionalCrianças em idade pré-escolarSeveral authors suggest that Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits may be useful in identifying adolescents who exhibit initial, severe, chronic, and aggressive conduct problems. The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) was developed to assess these traits, later associated with psychopathy, in children and adolescents. This study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the teacher-report ICU for preschool-age children. The sample was collected in public schools and comprised the responses of 46 preschool teachers concerning 131 children (62 girls) between 3 and 6 years of age. Results indicate that a two-factor model revealed the best fit to our data, including a Callous and an Uncaring factor, resorting to 12 of the original 24 items. Additionally, the results of this study also provide evidence of measurement invariance across sex for the ICU, allowing us to compare mean levels of CU traits between boys and girls. The results of the present study showed that the Portuguese version of the ICU scale (teacher’s version) seems reliable and valid for evaluating CU traits in preschool children.Vários autores sugerem que os traços de frieza emocional podem ser úteis na identificação de adolescentes que apresentam problemas de conduta iniciais, graves, crónicos e agressivos. O Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) foi desenvolvido para avaliar estes traços, mais tarde associados à psicopatia, em crianças e adolescentes. Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar as propriedades psicométricas da versão portuguesa do ICU, reportada pelo professor, para crianças em idade pré-escolar. A amostra foi recolhida em escolas públicas e incluiu as respostas de 46 professores do ensino pré-escolar relativamente a 131 crianças (62 raparigas) entre os 3 e os 6 anos de idade. Os resultados indicam que um modelo de dois fatores foi o que melhor se ajustou aos nossos dados, incluindo o fator Callous e o fator Uncaring, recorrendo a 12 dos 24 itens originais. Além disso, os resultados deste estudo também fornecem evidências de invariância de medição entre sexos para o ICU, permitindo comparar os níveis médios de traços de frieza emocional entre rapazes e raparigas. Os resultados do presente estudo mostraram que a versão portuguesa do inventário ICU (versão do professor) parece ser fiável e válida para avaliar os traços de frieza emocional em crianças em idade pré-escolar.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaFigueiredo, PatríciaRamião, EduardaMoreira, DianaBarroso, RicardoBarbosa, Fernando2023-08-02T13:46:18Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/42010eng0870-823110.14417/ap.199185165418555info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-08T01:37:38ZPortal AgregadorONG
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschoolers
Propriedades psicométricas da versão portuguesa para professores do Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits para Crianças Pré-Escolares
title Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschoolers
spellingShingle Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschoolers
Figueiredo, Patrícia
Callous-unemotional traits
Factor analysis
ICU
Preschool children
Psychometric properties
Análise fatorial
Propriedades psicométricas
Traços de frieza emocional
Crianças em idade pré-escolar
title_short Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschoolers
title_full Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschoolers
title_fullStr Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschoolers
title_full_unstemmed Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschoolers
title_sort Psychometric properties of the Portuguese teacher-version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschoolers
author Figueiredo, Patrícia
author_facet Figueiredo, Patrícia
Ramião, Eduarda
Moreira, Diana
Barroso, Ricardo
Barbosa, Fernando
author_role author
author2 Ramião, Eduarda
Moreira, Diana
Barroso, Ricardo
Barbosa, Fernando
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Figueiredo, Patrícia
Ramião, Eduarda
Moreira, Diana
Barroso, Ricardo
Barbosa, Fernando
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Callous-unemotional traits
Factor analysis
ICU
Preschool children
Psychometric properties
Análise fatorial
Propriedades psicométricas
Traços de frieza emocional
Crianças em idade pré-escolar
topic Callous-unemotional traits
Factor analysis
ICU
Preschool children
Psychometric properties
Análise fatorial
Propriedades psicométricas
Traços de frieza emocional
Crianças em idade pré-escolar
description Several authors suggest that Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits may be useful in identifying adolescents who exhibit initial, severe, chronic, and aggressive conduct problems. The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) was developed to assess these traits, later associated with psychopathy, in children and adolescents. This study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the teacher-report ICU for preschool-age children. The sample was collected in public schools and comprised the responses of 46 preschool teachers concerning 131 children (62 girls) between 3 and 6 years of age. Results indicate that a two-factor model revealed the best fit to our data, including a Callous and an Uncaring factor, resorting to 12 of the original 24 items. Additionally, the results of this study also provide evidence of measurement invariance across sex for the ICU, allowing us to compare mean levels of CU traits between boys and girls. The results of the present study showed that the Portuguese version of the ICU scale (teacher’s version) seems reliable and valid for evaluating CU traits in preschool children.
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