Conceptualizing Callous-Unemotional Traits in Chinese Preschoolers

Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance

Bibliographic Data

ID15715349
AuthorsGengli Zhang (0000-0001-5281-272X, Anhui Normal University, corresponding author), Yantong Zhu (0000-0002-5408-3986, University of Tsukuba)
Year2023
Volume10
Issue6
Pages925-925
Publication date2023-05-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children10060925
PMID37371157
OpenAlexW4378221257
LanguageEN
References cited37

With the increasing use of the Inventory of Callous Unemotional Traits (ICU) to examine callous-unemotional traits, few studies have explicitly tested the most appropriate ICU factor structures and measurement invariance in Chinese children at preschool age. This study was conducted with a large community sample of 2055 Chinese preschoolers (53.6% male, M age = 62.23 months, SD = 9.91) to test the most appropriate model of ICU and the measurement invariance across parent gender, child gender, as well as age. The confirmatory factor model suggested that the two-factor model with 11 items (ICU-11) is the best-fitting model for a Chinese preschool sample, which includes a callousness and an unemotional factor. The results from measurement invariance revealed that the factor structures were invariant across child gender, as well as child age and parental gender. The finding suggested that the ICU-11 may be a useful tool for evaluating CU traits in Chinese preschoolers

Confirmatory factor analysis · Developmental psychology · Factor (programming language · Measurement invariance · Personality · Psychopathy · Sample (material · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Mathematics · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology · Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment

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