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Validation of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits Among a Portuguese Sample of Detained Juvenile Offenders

2014; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 60; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0306624x14551256

1552-6933

Pedro Pechorro, James V. Ray, Ricardo Barroso, João Marôco, Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves,

Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

The main aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) among a sample of incarcerated male Portuguese juvenile offenders (N = 221). Based on this sample, the Portuguese version of the ICU demonstrated promising psychometric properties, namely, in terms of factor structure, internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and concurrent validity that generally justifies its use among this population. Statistically significant associations were found with conduct disorder, age of criminal onset, crime seriousness, physical violence use in committing crimes, alcohol use, cannabis use, and cocaine/heroin use.