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. 2021 Nov 2:12:760531.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.760531. eCollection 2021.

The Persian Self-Report Version of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD-P): A Psychometric Evaluation

Ali Ebrahimi  1 , Mojtaba Elhami Athar  2 , Mona Darvishi  3 , Olivier F Colins  4
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The Persian Self-Report Version of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD-P): A Psychometric Evaluation

Ali Ebrahimi et al. Front Psychiatry. .

Abstract

The self-report version of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) is a commonly used tool for assessing psychopathic traits in youth. This is the first study designed to examine the factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the Persian APSD-SR in a sample of 675 school-attending youth in Iran (46% girls; M age = 16.35). Confirmatory factor analysis supported a modified three-factor model, with items loading on narcissism, callous-unemotional, and impulsivity dimensions, which was invariant across gender. Notwithstanding that the internal consistency of some APSD scores was unsatisfactory, the APSD total and dimension scores showed the expected relations with external correlates (e.g., conduct problems, aggression, and low prosocial behavior), supporting the validity of the interpretation of the APSD scores. The findings showed that the APSD is a useful tool for assessing psychopathic traits in Iranian adolescents and may spark research on adolescent psychopathy in mental health and forensic settings.

Keywords: Persian version; callous-unemotional traits; conduct problems; psychopathy; self-report.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Confirmatory factor analysis model (n = 675). NAR, Narcissism; CU, Callous-Unemotional; IMP, Impulsivity.
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