Assessing callous–unemotional traits in adolescent offenders: Validation of the Inventory of Callous–Unemotional Traits

Violence Exposure Mediates the Relation Between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Offending Patterns in Adolescents

“…Specifically, the total scale showed predicted associations with aggression, delinquency, personality traits (e.g., sensation seeking, Big Five dimensions), psychophysiology, and psychosocial impairment (Essau et al, 2006;Kimonis, Frick, Skeem, et al, 2008). Consistent with these past studies, items 2 and 10 from the ICU were deleted because of low corrected item-total correlations.…”

“…Items (e.g., "I do not show my emotions to others") are rated on a 4-point Likert scale from 0 (not at all true) to 3 (definitely true). The construct validity of the ICU was supported in a large community sample (n = 1,443) of 13-to 18-year-old nonreferred German adolescents (774 boys and 669 girls; Essau, Sasagawa, & Frick, 2006), as well as an American sample (n = 248) of male and female juvenile offenders (188 boys, 60 girls) between the ages of 12 and 20 (Kimonis, Frick, Skeem, et al, 2008; see also Fanti, Frick, & Georgiou, 2009). …”

Can a Laboratory Measure of Emotional Processing Enhance the Statistical Prediction of Aggression and Delinquency in Detained Adolescents with Callous-unemotional Traits?

“…The construct validity of the ICU was supported in a large community sample (n=1443) of 13-18 year-old nonreferred German adolescents (774 boys and 669 girls; Essau et al 2006), as well as an American sample (n=248) of male and female juvenile offenders (188 boys, 60 girls) between the ages of 12 and 20 (Kimonis et al 2007). In both samples, items showed overall loadings on a general factor and the total scale showed adequate internal consistency (α of 0.77 and 0.81).…”

“…First, the four items from the APSD CU scale that loaded consistently on the CU factor in clinic and community samples of youth formed the basis for the item content . Second, for each of these four items, three positively-and three negatively-worded items, including the original item and adding five items with similar content, were written to form an item pool of 24 items (see Kimonis et al 2007). Third, participants respond to each item based on a 4-point Likert scale that ranges from 0 (Not at all true) to 3 (Definitely true).…”

Incremental and Predictive Validity of the Antisocial Process Screening Device in a Community Sample of Male and Female Ethnic Minority and Caucasian Youth

“…However, this has not been done for the other dimensions covered by the APSD. Problems with the factor structure and internal consistency of some of the ICU subscales have also raised questions about the validity of the ICU (e.g., Essau et al, 2006;Kimonis et al, 2008). Nevertheless, one study conducted by Ansel and colleagues (2014) found that the ICU demonstrated higher internal consistency and stronger correlations with delinquent behavior than the CU subscale of the APSD.…”