Further Validation of the Spanish Parent-Reported Child Problematic Traits Inventory : Discriminant Validity for Distinguishing Children Vulnerable to Externalizing and Other Psychopathology Conditions
Barrau Alonso, Víctor (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
López Romero, Laura (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Bosch, Rosa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Torrúbia, Rafael (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Casas Brugué, Miquel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Molinuevo Alonso, Beatriz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)

Fecha:	2022
Resumen:	The Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI) is a relatively new tool for measuring psychopathic traits in early development mainly applied in community samples. The main purpose of the present study was to provide further validation of the parents' version of the CPTI in the Spanish context. In a first phase, the study examined (a) the factor structure and the invariance across gender, (b) the internal consistency, and (c) the convergent and divergent validity of the CPTI in a community sample of 1,387 children (48. 1% girls) aged 5-12 years (M = 8. 27; SD = 2. 17). In a second phase, the study tested the capacity of the CPTI to discriminate between normal and two clinical conditions (i. e. , externalizing versus other psychopathological problems) in a subsample of 678 at-risk children (46. 2% girls), aged 5-12 years (M = 8. 38; SD = 2. 25), preselected according to psychiatric measures and clinical judgment. The Spanish parent version of the CPTI confirmed a three-factor structure, being invariant across gender, with an adequate internal consistency, and a consistent relationship with delinquent and aggressive behavior. The associations with external variables differed according to each CPTI dimension. In addition, the CPTI discriminated children at risk for externalizing disorders from children with other psychopathology conditions (internalizing and learning disorders) and from healthy children. In sum, the CPTI holds up as a promising measure to assess psychopathic traits in childhood from a multidimensional perspective and, therefore, would open new ways to study diverse etiological pathways leading to the development of psychopathy in children.
Nota:	This work was funded by la Caixa "Banking Foundation", Diputació de Barcelona, Diputació de Lleida, and Department of Health of Generalitat de Catalunya. Laura López-Romero's contribution was funded by Xunta de Galicia, under the Programa de Axudas á Etapa Posdoutoral 2017 (Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria).
Derechos:	Tots els drets reservats.
Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Materia:	Psychopathy ; CPTI ; Conduct problems ; Externalizing problems ; Assessment ; Children
Publicado en:	Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, Vol. 44 Núm. 1 (march 2022) , p. 245-260, ISSN 1573-3505

DOI: 10.1007/s10862-021-09921-z

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