About the Measure
Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Social and Emotional Competence |
Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
Subscales | Callousness; Uncaring; Unemotional |
Description | Provide a comprehensive assessment of callous and unemotional traits. These traits have proven to be important for designating a distinct subgroup group of antisocial and aggressive youth. The ICU has three subscales: Callousness, Uncaring, and Unemotional. |
Example | I express my feelings openly |
Link | http://labs.uno.edu/developmental-psychopathology/ICU.html |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 24 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Multiple |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 13-17 |
Cost single purchase | Free |
Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .68-.83 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | 3-factor solutio |
CFA | 3-factor bifactor model Chi-square(187)= 343.52 CFI = .87 RMSEA = .06 |
Criterion validity | r= .45 with antisocial behaviour; r= -.47 with prosocial beliefs |
Construct validity | r= [.07,.55] with Child Behaviour Checklist; r= [.20,.49] with emotion regulation; r= [.16,.36] with depression; r= [.09,.57] with loneliness; r= [-.60,.33] with Self-Other Immeasurables Scale; r= [.37,.41] with aggression |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Berg, J. M., Lilienfeld, S. O., Reddy, S. D., Latzman, R. D., Roose, A., Craighead, L. W., & Raison, C. L. (2013). The inventory of callous and unemotional traits: A construct-validational analysis in an at-risk sample. Assessment, 20(5), 532-544. doi:10.1177/1073191112474338 Kimonis, E. R., Frick, P. J., Skeem, J. L., Marsee, M. A., Cruise, K., Munoz, L. C., & Morris, A. S. (2008). Assessing callous–unemotional traits in adolescent offenders: Validation of the Inventory of Callous–Unemotional Traits. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 31(3), 241-252. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.04.002 Roose, A., Bijttbier, P., Decoene, S., Claes, L., & Frick, P.J. (2010). Assessing the affective features of psychopathy in adolescence: A further validation of the Inventory of Callous and Unemotional Traits. Assessment, 17(1) 44-57.doi:10.1177/1073191109344153 |