The Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire - Child (SPQ-C): Psychometric properties and relations to behavioral problems with multi-informant ratings

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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Liu, Jianghong¹  Wong, Keri Ka-Yee²  Dong, Fanghong¹  Raine, Adrian^3,4,5  Tuvblad, Catherine^6,7 

[1] Univ Penn, Sch Nursing, 418 Curie Blvd,Claire M Fagin Hall,Room 426, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[2] UCL, Inst Educ, Dept Psychol & Human Dev, London, England

[3] Univ Penn, Dept Criminol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[4] Univ Penn, Dept Psychiat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[5] Univ Penn, Dept Psychol, 3815 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[6] Univ Southern Calif, Dept Psychol, Los Angeles, CA USA

[7] Orebro Univ, Sch Law Psychol & Social Work Criminol, SE-70182 Orebro, Sweden

关键词: Schizotypal personality disorder;    Schizotypy;    Child;    Chinese;    Psychometric analysis;    Behavior problems;    Internalizing;    Externalizing;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.006

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) is one of the most widely used screening tools for schizotypy in adults. The Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-Child version (SPQ-C) was recently developed to assess schizotypy in children and has a similar three-factor structure to the adult SPQ (i.e., Cognitive-Perceptual, Interpersonal-Affective, and Disorganization). However, few studies to date have reported on the psychometric properties and the usefulness of the SPQ-C in Eastern populations, including Mainland China. This study presents the first psychometric assessment of the Chinese SPQ-C in Mainland China. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess the factor structure of the SPQ-C in 1668 children (M = 12.10, SD = 0.60 years) from the China Jintan Child Cohort Study. Our findings document a three-factor structure and partial measurement invariance across residential location and gender, replicating the psychometric properties of the SPQ-C in English. The Chinese SPQ-C further correlates with standard behavioral problems (i.e., Child Behavior Checklist, Youth Self-Report and Teacher Report Form), demonstrating construct validity and utility as a child psychopathology assessment tool. Our findings provide the first robust psychometric evidence for a three factor structure of the Chinese SPQ-C in a large Mainland Chinese sample, and suggest that the SPQ-C is suitable as a screening tool for schizotypy in community children who may be at risk for behavioral problems and later psychosis.

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