Stability and Invariance of Psychopathic Traits from Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood.

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Authors: Neumann, Craig; Wampler, Megan; Taylor, Jeanette; Blonigen, Daniel M; Iacono, William G
Year: 2011
Journal: Journal of research in personality
PMID: 21572537
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.12.003
PMCID: PMC3092552

#	Section	Preview
0	Method — Participants	Data for the current study were taken from the Minnesota Twin Family Study, a longitudinal…
1	Method — Participants	differ in terms of rates of psychopathology or SES (Iacono et al., 1999). Twin families were…
2	Method — Measures — Psychopathy	At ages 17 and 23, psychopathy features were assessed via self-report using the Minnesota…
3	Method — Measures — Psychopathology	Participants and their parents were interviewed separately for symptoms of psychopathology by…
4	Method — Measures — Psychopathology	Diagnostic symptoms of these disorders were assigned using DSM-III-R criteria by a team of at least…
5	Method — Measures — Psychopathology	latter variable reflects the fact that ODD was not controlled for when assessing CD. More…
6	Method — Measures — Family Environment	At age 17, twins completed the Family Environment Scale (FES; Moos & Moos, 1986) which contains 90…
7	Method — Data Analytic Plan	Based on the Loney et al. (2007) results for the Minnesota Temperament Inventory (MTI), the current…
8	Method — Data Analytic Plan	to check the adequacy of fit for the two-factor measurement model at each time point. Model fit was…
9	Method — Data Analytic Plan	to load onto a (positive) Family Functioning LV. These LVs were allowed to correlate with the Time 1…
10	Results	For descriptive purposes, means and standard deviations for the manifest variable scale scores are…
11	Results — Measurement Model: Minnesota Temperament Inventory (MTI)	The CFA results for the MTI psychopathy items at age 17 Time 1 revealed excellent fit for the…
12	Results — Time-1/Time-2 Minnesota Temperament Inventory (MTI) Invariance Model	The SEM testing for strong invariance of the MTI psychopathy items across time (constrained age 17…
13	Results — Time-1/Time-2 Minnesota Temperament Inventory (MTI) Invariance Model	Notably, the constrained model fit results did not differ from the unconstrained model fit (TLI =…
14	Results — MTI, Family Functioning, Externalizing Model	Results for the final SEM again indicated good model fit, TLI = .94, RMSEA = .05 (χ2(47) = 71.88).…
15	Discussion	The present study used an SEM approach to examine the structural invariance and stability of…
16	Discussion	The results revealed excellent fit for the MTI two-factor (Detachment-Antisocial) model, and…
17	Discussion — Implications for the Development of Psychopathic Traits	From a developmental standpoint, there were several noteworthy findings from the present study.…
18	Discussion — Implications for the Development of Psychopathic Traits	genetic effects across interpersonal (e.g., fearless dominance), affective (e.g., callous…
19	Discussion — Implications for the Development of Psychopathic Traits	Second, we did not find evidence for significant cross-lagged effects between the MTI Detachment and…

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