Measuring Interpersonal Callousness in Boys from Childhood to Adolescence: An Examination of Longitudinal Invariance and Temporal Stability

Autor/inn/en	Obradovic, Jelena; Pardini, Dustin A.; Long, Jeffrey D.; Loeber, Rolf
Titel	Measuring Interpersonal Callousness in Boys from Childhood to Adolescence: An Examination of Longitudinal Invariance and Temporal Stability
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 36 (2007) 3, S.276-292 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
DOI	10.1080/15374410701441633
Schlagwörter	Males; Adolescents; Test Construction; Children; Child Development; Interpersonal Relationship; Antisocial Behavior; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Developmental Stages; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Testaufbau; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kindesentwicklung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Studies show interpersonal callousness (IC) plays an important role in understanding persistent antisocial behaviors; however, it remains unclear whether IC is a unidimensional construct, represented by invariant behavioral indexes and stable across different developmental periods. This study explores the structure and stability of IC using parent and teacher reports of IC behaviors in a cohort of 506 inner-city boys assessed annually from ages 8 to 16. Results support the unidimensionality of the IC construct from childhood to adolescence and reveal longitudinal invariance between ages 8 to 11 and 12 to 16 in the case of parent report and from age 11 to 16 in the case of teacher report. Findings reveal significant stability of IC across 9 years of assessment. This study emphasizes the importance of testing the longitudinal invariance of constructs that span multiple developmental periods to promote a more unambiguous understanding of developmental stability and change. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10