Developing Cutoff Scores for the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) in Justice-Involved and Community Samples

Kemp, Emily C; Frick, Paul J.; Matlasz, Tatiana M.; Clark, Julia; Robertson, Emily; Ray, James V.; Thornton, Laura C.; Myers, Tina D. Wall; Steinberg, Laurence; Cauffman, Elizabeth

doi:10.1080/15374416.2021.1955371

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“…Further research in this early developmental stage is needed to understand how these cutoff scores, the Se, and the Sp of the ICU may vary. More data are available among community and delinquency-involved adolescent samples, suggesting that the teacher-report ICU cutoff score is allocated around 33 (Docherty et al, 2017;Kemp et al, 2021), which is between 7 and 9 points higher than our obtained scores. Also, normative data show that for the teacher-report ICU version, adolescents between 11 and 14 years score higher on the ICU than children aged 6-10 years (Ueno et al, 2021).…”

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“…Also, the study focused on the less-studied teacher-report ICU version, and both sexes were analyzed separately to provide more accurate ICU cutoff scores. The ROC analysis that was applied to establish empirical ICU cutoff scores is also a strength as only a few studies have used this approach (Docherty et al, 2017; Kemp et al, 2021; Kimonis et al, 2014), making it a promising field of research. In addition, normative data based on the 80th percentile was also presented.…”

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“…These previous studies on ICU cutoff scores indicate that the age and sex of the children, type of informant, and even the settings of the study should be taken into consideration when establishing the cutoff scores (Carvalho et al, 2018; Kimonis et al, 2014). Therefore, cutoff scores should be sex-specific to provide a valid diagnostic approach and guarantee a more efficient intervention strategy (Kemp et al, 2021), for two reasons; because the prevalence of CU traits is higher in boys than in girls (Ueno et al, 2021) and girls with elevated CU traits show more severe psychosocial difficulties than affected boys (Euler et al, 2015).…”

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Age and sex-specific cutoff scores for the teacher-report inventory of callous-unemotional traits on children.

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Osa³

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This longitudinal study aims to provide meaningful cutoff scores for total score of the teacher-rated Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) from the preschool age until early adolescence, separately by age and sex. The ICU cutoff scores were determined by using low/high trajectories of oppositional defiant problems (ODP) and conduct problems in a Spanish community sample of 620 children that were followed up between the ages of 3 and 13. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves with the two trajectories as criteria and ICU total score at each age as a predictor were estimated by sex separately, and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was obtained. Average ICU cutoff scores of 26 for boys and 22 for girls were found to be of moderate utility for the prediction of high trajectories of each of ODP and conduct problems. They identified cases with an average sensitivity of 66% and specificity of 70% for boys and an average sensitivity of 69% and specificity of 72% for girls. The obtained cutoff scores might help clinical practitioners in their decision-making process when identifying low and high-risk groups of children. Public Significance StatementThis study provides cutoff scores for the teacher-rated Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in a community sample spanning early childhood until early adolescence, separately by age and sex. Cutoff scores of 26 for boys and 22 for girls are of moderate utility for the prediction of high trajectories of each of oppositional defiant problems and conduct problems. The obtained cutoff scores might help clinical practitioners in their decision-making process when identifying low and high-risk groups of children.

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Age and sex-specific cutoff scores for the teacher-report inventory of callous-unemotional traits on children.

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Osa³

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“…Both classification systems, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition [DSM-5 (31)] and the International Classification of Disease, 11th Revision (ICD-11) (32), now have a specifier "with Limited Prosocial Emotions (LPE), " to refer to a group of children who have high levels of CU traits. CU traits are being identified by a lack of empathy, guilt, and being largely concerned about performance on important activities at the superficial level (33). The presence of CU traits amongst children has been found to be stable in those showing antisocial behaviour and these children are explicitly identified by decreased emotional reactivity to others' distress and lower sensitivity to punishment (34).…”

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An Investigation of Behavioural and Self-Reported Cognitive Empathy Deficits in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Adolescents With Behavioural Difficulties

2021

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Deficits in empathy have been considered hallmarks in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) but are also considered to underlie antisocial behaviour associated with individuals with callous unemotional traits (CU). Research has suggested that individuals with autism spectrum disorders show more difficulties with cognitive empathy, and that individuals diagnosed with behaviours difficulties, characterised by CU traits and antisocial behaviour, demonstrate low affective empathy. In the current manuscript we present findings of two studies. The first study describes the validation of a new stimulus set developed for the empathic accuracy task, focused on its cognitive component. The second study compares the performance of 27 adolescents with ASD, 27 age matched typically developing adolescents and 17 adolescents with behavioural difficulties on the empathic accuracy task and a self-report measure of empathy. While, no differences were observed between the three groups across the empathy accuracy task, the adolescents with ASD and CD showed deficits in their cognitive empathy across the self-report measure. Adolescents with ASD showed lower scores in particularly their perspective taking abilities, whereas the adolescences with behavioural difficulties showed more difficulties with their online simulation. No differences in self-reported affective empathy across the three groups were observed. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed.

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“…No official cut-off scores are available for the ICU. A recent study 51 analysed possible cut-off scores in a community and a juvenile detention sample from the US and suggested an empirical based cut-off score of 24.…”

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Associations of interpersonal trust with juvenile offending/conduct disorder, callous-unemotional traits, and criminal recidivism

Aebi

Haynes²,

Hasler

2022

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Interpersonal trust has been described as a core dimension of cooperative, mutually beneficial interpersonal relationships but it is unclear if it is related to antisocial behaviours in youth. The present study aimed at analysing a subsample of male juveniles who committed serious violent offenses and met criteria of conduct disorder (JO/CD), and a subsample of healthy controls (HC) using a series of trust games (TGs). Twenty-four male JO/CD and 24 age matched male HC performed a series of eight one-shot TGs against different unknown human respectively computer opponents. Mixed model analyses found a non-significant trend that JO/CD invested less points than HC during TGs. In the subsample of JO/CD, the overall investment in TGs was found to be negatively associated with self-reported uncaring behaviours and officially reported general re-offenses. Our findings suggest some indication of an impaired ability of JO/CD to initiate mutually trusting relationships to others that should be addressed in further research. Trust is a promising factor to predict general criminal recidivism and can be a target for treatment of juveniles who committed violent offenses, for example through the building of stable relationships to care givers. This study encourages future studies to investigate the effects of trust-increasing psychosocial interventions.

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Developing Cutoff Scores for the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) in Justice-Involved and Community Samples

Cited by 30 publications

References 40 publications

Age and sex-specific cutoff scores for the teacher-report inventory of callous-unemotional traits on children.

Age and sex-specific cutoff scores for the teacher-report inventory of callous-unemotional traits on children.

An Investigation of Behavioural and Self-Reported Cognitive Empathy Deficits in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Adolescents With Behavioural Difficulties

Associations of interpersonal trust with juvenile offending/conduct disorder, callous-unemotional traits, and criminal recidivism

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