Psychopathic features across development: Assessing longitudinal invariance among Caucasian and African American youths.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Psychopathy is associated with severe forms of antisocial and violent behavior in adults. There is also a rapidly growing body of research focused on extending features of adult psychopathy downward to youth. To date however, the degree to which these features can be consistently and comparatively assessed at these younger ages, remains unclear. This study addresses this issue by investigating measurement invariance of underlying features of psychopathy across childhood and adolescence in a racially diverse sample of youth.

Methods

Three cohorts of youth (n =1517) were assessed annually from childhood to adolescence (ages ~7-16). Underlying features of psychopathy commonly assessed in youth (e.g. lack of guilt, impulsivity) were examined within a longitudinal bi-f

SUBMITTER: Hawes SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6959475 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature