Elucidating the Construct Validity of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) in a Sample of Young Adults

Goodwin, Brandee E.; Sellbom, Martin; Salekin, Randall T.

doi:10.1007/s10862-014-9444-z

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“…The first version of the APSD was a parent and teacher rated assessment of both personality traits and behavior in children. The 20 items of the APSD have also been modified to create a self-report version for use with adolescents (APSD-SR; Caputo et al, 1999; Goodwin et al, 2015; Loney et al, 2003; Wang et al, 2015). Although the APSD and APSD-SR are reportedly based on the PCL, there is a lack of complete agreement between the conceptually similar items of the APSD and the PCL instruments (Dillard et al, 2013; Falkenbach et al, 2003).…”

Section: Youth Psychopathy Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents

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The Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale is a new measure to assess psychopathic traits and symptoms of conduct disorder (CD) in children and adolescents. The current study examined the psychometric properties of the self-report version of the PSCD in a sample of community adolescents in mainland China ( N = 1,683; mean age = 13.60, SD = 1.14; 54.1% boys). The new instrument showed good internal consistency (alpha) for the 24-item total scale and good mean interitem correlations for each of the six-item subscales. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were conducted on all 24 items, and also a subset of 13 items that demonstrated strong item-level reliabilities. Using all 24 items, CFA results supported a four-factor bifactor model indicating the total score reflects a broad syndrome with four factors. The four factors included grandiose–manipulative traits (GM traits), callous–unemotional traits (CU traits), daring–impulsive traits (DI traits), and CD traits. The 13-item CFA results provided further support for a four-factor conceptualization of the PSCD and evidence of strong measurement invariance across gender. Finally, the PSCD exhibited the expected relations with other psychopathy measures, anxiety and depression, and aggression, supporting the PSCD scores convergent, discriminant, and criterion related validity. The findings provide preliminary evidence for the four-factor structure of the PSCD and support for the utility of the self-report PSCD for measuring psychopathic traits and CD in Chinese adolescents.

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Section: Youth Psychopathy Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents

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“…In sum, when relying on a single informant to rate both the CPTI and external correlates, the pattern of results conformed to theoretical expectations, thereby supporting the validity of both the teacher- and parent-reported CPTI scores in clinic-referred 6- to 13-year-old children. Notwithstanding that single informant approaches and the sole reliance on rating scales to assess external correlates are commonly applied strategies in psychometric evaluations of psychopathy (Colins, Noom, & Vanderplasschen, 2012; Goodwin, Sellbom, & Salekin, 2015) and CU rating scales (e.g., Colins et al, 2016; Essau, Sasagawa, & Frick, 2006), such strategies might artificially inflate the correlation magnitudes.…”

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Assessing Psychopathic Traits Among Children: The First Validation Study of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory in a Clinical Sample

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This is the first study that tested the psychometric properties of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI) in clinic-referred children (ages 6-13 years). Teachers ( N = 159) and parents ( N = 173) completed the CPTI and various other measures. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the CPTI’s three-factor structure when teachers and parents rated the 28 CPTI items. Teacher- and parent-reported CPTI scores showed the expected relations with external correlates (e.g., conduct problems and proactive aggression). Crucially, the validity of the CPTI scores was also supported across informants (i.e., when linking teacher-reported CPTI scores to parent-reported external correlates, and vice versa) and across methods (i.e., regardless if a questionnaire or a diagnostic interview was used to measure external correlates). We conclude that the CPTI holds promise as a research tool for assessing psychopathic traits in clinic-referred children. Until our findings have been replicated and extended, the CPTI should not be used for clinical decision making.

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“…The antisocial behavior and psychopathic traits were quantitatively estimated using the APSD, a 20‐item questionnaire based on the Psychopathy Checklist‐revised (PCL‐R; Frick & Hare, 2001; Goodwin, Sellbom, & Salekin, 2015). APSD measures antisocial behavior and psychopathic traits with regards to impulsivity, narcissism, and callousness‐unemotionality, which has been extended to younger adults (Goodwin et al, 2015). Recent studies have shown that APSD is reliable and valid for subjects from different countries (de Wied, van der Baan, Raaijmakers, de Ruiter, & Meeus, 2014; Goulter, Kimonis, & Heller, 2018; Li, Chan, Ang, & Huan, 2017; Pechorro, Maroco, Poiares, & Vieira, 2013), including China (Wang, Deng, Armour, Bi, & Zeng, 2015).…”

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“…Two senior psychiatrists assessed the ASB severity for all the subjects. The antisocial behavior and psychopathic traits were quantitatively estimated using the APSD, a 20‐item questionnaire based on the Psychopathy Checklist‐revised (PCL‐R; Frick & Hare, 2001; Goodwin, Sellbom, & Salekin, 2015). APSD measures antisocial behavior and psychopathic traits with regards to impulsivity, narcissism, and callousness‐unemotionality, which has been extended to younger adults (Goodwin et al, 2015).…”

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Dynamic neural circuit disruptions associated with antisocial behaviors

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Zhang

Zeng

et al. 2020

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Antisocial behavior (ASB) is believed to have neural substrates; however, the association between ASB and functional brain networks remains unclear. The temporal variability of the functional connectivity (or dynamic FC) derived from resting-state functional MRI has been suggested as a useful metric for studying abnormal behaviors including ASB. This is the first study using low-frequency fluctuations of the dynamic FC to unravel potential system-level neural correlates with ASB. Specifically, we individually associated the dynamic FC patterns with the ASB scores (measured by Antisocial Process Screening Device) of the male offenders (age: 23.29 ± 3.36 years) based on machine learning. Results showed that the dynamic FCs were associated with individual ASB scores. Moreover, we found that it was mainly the inter-network dynamic FCs that were negatively associated with the ASB severity. Three major highorder cognitive functional networks and the sensorimotor network were found to be more associated with ASB. We further found that impaired behavior in the ASB subjects was mainly associated with decreased FC dynamics in these networks, which may explain why ASB subjects usually have impaired executive control and emotional processing functions. Our study shows that temporal variation of the FC could be a promising tool for ASB assessment, treatment, and prevention.

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Elucidating the Construct Validity of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) in a Sample of Young Adults

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents

Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents

Assessing Psychopathic Traits Among Children: The First Validation Study of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory in a Clinical Sample

Dynamic neural circuit disruptions associated with antisocial behaviors

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