Longitudinal measurement invariance of the Child Problematic Trait Inventory in older Chinese children

The Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI) is a newly developed informant-rated instrument to measure psychopathic traits during early childhood. The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal measurement invariance of the CPTI in a group of Chinese schoolchildren. Mothers of 585 children...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-07, Vol.14 (7), p.e0219136
Main Authors: Luo, Jie, Wang, Xuetong, Wang, Meng-Cheng, Zhang, Xintong, Deng, Jiaxin, Zhong, Chuxian, Gao, Yu, Qi, Shi-San
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Analysis of Variance
Antisocial personality disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Antisocial Personality Disorder - epidemiology
Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology
Asian People - psychology
Biology and Life Sciences
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child development
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
China - epidemiology
Criminal investigations
Elementary school students
Equality
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Girls
Humans
Instruments (Equipment)
Intelligence gathering
Invariance
Likert scale
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Models, Statistical
Parents
People and Places
Personality Tests - statistics & numerical data
Physical Sciences
Psychological aspects
Psychometrics - methods
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Psychopathology
Quantitative psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Research and Analysis Methods
Research methodology
Social Sciences
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
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Summary:The Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI) is a newly developed informant-rated instrument to measure psychopathic traits during early childhood. The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal measurement invariance of the CPTI in a group of Chinese schoolchildren. Mothers of 585 children aged 8 to 12 years (50% girls) completed the CPTI twice with one-year interval. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the CPTI had strict invariance (i.e., equality of factor patterns, loadings, intercepts, and item uniqueness) across time. Furthermore, the internal consistencies for the CPTI subscales were good at both time points and the stability coefficients over time were moderate. Findings suggest that, in children aged 8 to 12 years old, changes in CPTI scores across time can be attributed to actual changes in the child's psychopathic personality.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0219136