Assessing callous-unemotional traits: development of a brief, reliable measure in a large and diverse sample of preadolescent youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are critical to developmental, diagnostic, and clinical models of antisocial behaviors (AB). However, assessments of CU traits within large-scale longitudinal and neurobiologically focused investigations remain remarkably sparse. We sought to develop a brief measure of CU traits using items from widely administered instruments that could be linked to neuroimaging, genetic, and environmental data within already existing datasets and future studies.

Methods

Data came from a large and diverse sample (n = 4525) of youth (ages~9-11) taking part in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Moderated nonlinear factor analysis was used to assess measurement invariance across sex, race, and age. We explored whether CU trai

SUBMITTER: Hawes SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7039280 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature