Liu, J;
Wong, K;
Dong, F;
Raine, A;
Tuvblad, C;
(2019)
The Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire – Child (SPQ-C): Psychometric properties and relations to behaviour problems with multi-informant ratings.
Psychiatry Research
, 275
pp. 204-211.
10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.006.
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Abstract
The Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) is one of the most widely used screening tool 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 1,668 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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire – Child (SPQ-C): Psychometric properties and relations to behaviour problems with multi-informant ratings |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.006 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.006 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Schizotypal personality disorder, Schizotypy, child, Chinese, Psychometric analysis, Behavior problems, Internalizing, Externalizing |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069741 |
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