I developed a 25-item measure to assess callous-unemotional traits in adolescents. While the intended construct is not comprehensive as the YPI, it is somewhat similar to the YPI in that some items are phrased to have a higher valence of interest or appeal to adolescents, e.g., "It really doesn't bother me if someone gets shot or dies, unless it's my family or friend"; "I don't mean to sound cold, but I've got to think about myself first, that's just the way life is". This measure is written in American English. I am interested in finding researchers who could pilot this scale. If translated to another language, two or three items use colloquial expression and would require a very good translation.
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I would be interested in assisting with a field test on this assessment. I am a counselor in a Youth Court/Detention Center where this type of assessment could be helpful in diagnosing adolescents with mental and/or social disorders.
Thank you so much for your interest. If you to able to coordinate with your facility to obtain approval to conduct a field test of the measure it would be of great service. Perhaps such measure could be introduced as a measure administered to all incoming youths with their privacy protected, no identifying information connected to the test forms, (perhaps in conjunction with the YPI, or the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits, or the APSD, and my informal measure of social desirability/positive impression management for delinquent youths), allowing for the collection of a nice size sample to obtain descriptive data on the measure(s) and comparison with other measures of callous-unemotional traits. It is a large, extensive, difficult project to undertake, but that is what I am hoping can be done.
I am a researcher in Mexico, I would love to do a field test, but I am not working with youth in this moment. Is it possible to be in contact with you in case I can have the chance to do it in a few months? Of course we would do the process of translating it to Spanish.
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