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01-06-2025

Utilizing Multiple Psychopathy Components as Specifiers for Conduct Problems: Implications for Subtyping Conduct Problems in School-Attending Youths

Auteur: Mojtaba Elhami Athar

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 2/2025

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Abstract

There is an emerging suggestion that incorporating the grandiose-manipulative (GM) and daring-impulsive (DI) traits alongside the callous-unemotional (CU) specifier could offer valuable insights into subtyping youths with behavior problems. However, this approach remains largely untested and speculative. To further deepen our understanding of this subject, the current study investigated the potential of these psychopathic components as specifiers for conduct problems (CP) in school-attending youths. Data from self-report (n = 2,381) and parent-report (n = 1,846) measures were analyzed to assess the GM, CU, and DI traits, CP, and related variables. Findings revealed that CP significantly predicted negative outcomes across both samples. Additionally, the GM, CU, and DI traits independently predicted theoretically and clinically relevant external variables (e.g., proactive aggression), even after controlling for CP, age, gender, and socioeconomic status, providing a basis for considering these traits as specifiers for CP. Moreover, children exhibiting CP alongside elevated levels of these psychopathic traits demonstrate higher scores in externalizing psychopathology compared to several other groups, including the subgroup of children with CP and high CU levels. These findings offer preliminary support for incorporating GM and DI traits as specifiers for CP. However, definitive conclusions regarding their inclusion in diagnostic manuals are premature, and further comprehensive evaluations of their utility are necessary to inform ongoing discussions and potential revisions.
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Parents of participants in the student sample also provided informed consent after being informed about the study's objectives and assured of its voluntary and confidential nature.
 
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The internal consistency of measures was evaluated through McDonald's omega (ω ≥ 0.70 considered acceptable; Dunn et al., 2014), Cronbach's alpha (α ≥ 0.70 considered acceptable; Cheung & Rensvold, 2002), and mean inter-item-correlation (MIC; .15 ≤ MICs ≤ .50 considered adequate; Clark & Watson, 1995). The results can be retrieved from Table 1.
 
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Except for the item "hiding feelings or emotions from others," the remaining three LPE items were reverse scored.
 
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Throughout the manuscript, the term CP was used to refer to conduct problems, as the construct for CD in the study relies on CBCL/YSR proxies.
 
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T-scores above 70 were utilized to identify youths in the clinical range for YRS scores, including CP (n = 109, 4.58%), ODP (n = 88, 3.70%), ADHD (n = 103, 4.32%), Affective Problems (n = 125, 5.24%), Anxiety Problems (n = 119, 5.00%), and Social Problems (n = 98, 4.11%; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001). Similarly, T-scores above 70 for CBCL scores identified youths in the clinical range in the following scores: CP (n = 90, 4.87%), ODD (n = 104, 5.63%), ADHD (n = 66, 3.57%), Affective Problems (n = 75, 4.06%), Anxiety Problems (n = 95, 5.14%), and Social Problems (n = 87, 4.71%; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001). Although these clinical range scores provide valuable clinical insight, they were not the primary focus of this study and are included here for potential comparison with future research.
 
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It is important to note that due to the impracticality of including CP as both a predictor and criterion variable, it was not feasible to analyze the three specifiers as predictors of CP after controlling for CP itself.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Utilizing Multiple Psychopathy Components as Specifiers for Conduct Problems: Implications for Subtyping Conduct Problems in School-Attending Youths
Auteur
Mojtaba Elhami Athar
Publicatiedatum
01-06-2025
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 2/2025
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-025-10207-x