Assessing callous-unemotional traits across different groups of youths: Further cross-cultural validation of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 251-262

  Feilhauer, Johanna ^a   Cima, Maaike ^b   Arntz, Arnoud ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; Assessment; Callous unemotional traits; Conduct problems; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PROCESS SCREENING DEVICE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INVENTORY OF CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST YOUTH VERSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861974062     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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