Self-reported psychopathic traits among non-referred Finnish adolescents: psychometric properties of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory and the Antisocial Process Screening Device

Oshukova, Svetlana; Kaltiala-Heino, Riittakerttu; Miettunen, Jouko; Marttila, Riikka; Tani, Pekka; Aronen, Eeva T; Marttunen, Mauri; Kaivosoja, Matti; Lindberg, Nina

doi:10.1186/s13034-015-0047-6

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Table 4 Loading of the sub-dimensions of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory (YPI) and items of the Antisocial Process Screening Device -self report (APSD-SR) into three factors in boys (n = 174) and girls (n = 198)

From: Self-reported psychopathic traits among non-referred Finnish adolescents: psychometric properties of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory and the Antisocial Process Screening Device

YPI Sub-dimension/APSD-SR Item	Interpersonal		Affective		Behavioral
YPI Sub-dimension/APSD-SR Item	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
YPI
Dishonest charm	0.811	0.897	−0.066	−0.107	0.153	0.101
Grandiosity	0.906	0.918	−0.075	0.136	−0.165	−0.296
Lying	0.780	0.657	0.008	−0.079	0.089	0.240
Manipulation	0.935	0.887	−0.005	−0.033	−0.026	0.084
Remorselessness	0.680	0.316	0.111	0.480	0.204	0.276
Unemotionality	0.640	0.335	0.059	0.602	0.006	−0.050
Callousness	−0.012	−0.162	0.996	0.948	−0.024	−0.007
Thrill-seeking	−0.131	0.105	−0.075	−0.042	0.988	0.902
Impulsiveness	−0.163	0.069	−0.049	−0.138	0.782	0.872
Irresponsibility	0.051	−0.202	0.106	0.190	0.806	0.861
Eigenvalue	5.72	5.13	1.01	1.34	0.80	0.88
Variance explained	57 %	51 %	10 %	13 %	8 %	9 %
APSD-SR
5 Shallow emotions	0.225	0.549	0.176	0.093	0.461	−0.15
8 Brags about accomplishments	0.748	0.693	−0.213	−0.123	−0.122	−0.181
10 Uses or cons others	0.536	0.589	0.070	0.064	0.106	0.214
11 Teases other people	0.613	0.499	0.157	0.151	−0.005	0.037
14 Charming in insincere ways	0.573	0.656	−0.046	−0.225	0.236	0.148
15 Becomes angry when corrected	0.420	0.470	−0.023	0.021	0.380	0.201
16 Thinks he is more important	0.887	0.801	0.012	−0.019	−0.263	−0.188
1 Blames others for mistakes	0.600	0.145	0.177	0.256	−0.018	0.312
9 Gets bored easily	−0.044	0.118	−0.226	−0.234	0.550	0.521
4 Acts without thinking	0.021	−0.021	0.048	0.046	0.696	0.743
13 Engages in risky and dangerous behavior	−0.144	0.115	−0.039	−0.085	0.868	0.694
17 Does not plan ahead	−0.053	0.005	−0.108	−0.018	0.661	0.507
19 Does not show emotions	0.514	−0.061	−0.186	0.033	0.013	0.578
7 Keeps promises (Reversely = R)	0.026	−0.003	0.641	0.661	−0.151	0.053
12 Feels bad or guilty	0.021	0.294	0.725	0.387	0.057	−0.127
18 Concerned about the feelings of others (R)	−0.046	0.132	0.722	0.722	−0.005	−0.142
20 Keeps the same friends (R)	−0.027	−0.309	0.674	0.760	−0.151	0.013
3 Concerned about schoolwork(R)	0.061	0.282	−0.036	0.044	−0.659	−0.813
6 Lies easily and skillfully	0.408	0.318	−0.024	0.238	0.481	0.340
2 Engages in illegal activities	−0.077	0.189	0.126	0.81	0.864	0.595
Eigenvalue	5.71	5.14	2.17	1.83	1.68	1.56
Variance explained	29 %	26 %	11 %	9 %	8 %	8 %

Principal Component Analysis with oblique Promax rotation was used. Significant loading indices are in bold

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