Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Child Version in Chinese Children

作者：Fen Ren, Qingpeng Zhang, Mingshu Li, Jie Luo, J. S. Deng, Xintong Zhang, Meng‐Cheng Wang · 发表于：Frontiers in Psychology · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02550 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending、Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development、Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

The primary goal of the present study was to examine the latent factor structure and measurement invariance (MI) of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Child Version (YPI-CV) in a sample of Chinese children. 299 school children (aged 9-12, 47.3% female) completed the Chinese version of the YPI-CV, and their parents completed a different measure of psychopathic traits, as well as ones for other measures: the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI), the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ), and the Social Competence - Parent Version (SCPV). Results showed that a bifactor model at item level fit the data best and was invariant across gender. Specifically, the general psychopathy factor influenced the 18 items strongly, suggesting that the YPI-CV is unidimensional rather than multidimensional. Overall, findings suggest that the bifactor structure of the YPI-CV should be used when examining relationships with outcome variables in Chinese children, with a focus on the total score of the YPI-CV, while factor scores should explain with caution.