The Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI) is a psychometric instrument designed by Professor Henrik Andershed of Örebro University (Sweden) to assess psychopathic personality traits in children aged 3 to 12 years.
It has been adapted to Spanish by the Deusto Stress Research and Human Lab research group of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona with the author’s authorization.
You can download the version for teachers and/or parents here.
Part of the validation studies of the Spanish translation has been done in collaboration with the Underisk research group of the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela and with the group of Dr. Miquel Casas of the SJD MIND schools’ program and with Dr. H. Andershed and Dr. O.F. Colins.
References of validation work performed in collaboration with other research groups:
- Valláis, V., López-Romero, L., Bosch, R., Torrubia, R., Casas, M., & Molinuevo, B. (2022). Further Validation of the Spanish Pariente-Reported Child Problematic Traits Inventory: Discriminando Validity for Distinguishing Children Vulnerable tono Externalizing and Other Psychopathology Conditions. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 44(1), 245–260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-021-09921-z
- López-Romero, L., Molinuevo, B., Bonillo, A., Andershed, H., Colins, O. F., Torrubia, R., & Romero, E. (2019). Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory in 3- tono 12-year-old Spanish children. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 35(6), 842–854. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000458