Diep, Jennifer (2025) Using Latent Profile Analyses to Differentiate Callous-Unemotional Trait Profiles In a Community Sample of Youths. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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Abstract
Researchers have begun to distinguish between primary and secondary profiles of callous-unemotional (CU) traits among youths. The proposed etiological pathway of primary CU traits is often theorized to stem from temperamental or biological deficits in processing emotional cues, while secondary CU traits is often theorized to stem from response to trauma or maltreatment. However, there is no consensus on the best measurement of CU profiles. This study compared different measurements of CU profiles using latent profile analyses. Participants were 243 youths (Mage = 12.07, SD = .91; 44.86% female), drawn from a larger study examining the development of risky behaviours (Collado et al., 2014; MacPherson et al., 2010). Latent profile analyses were conducted to identify subgroups of youths using different combinations of CU traits, anxiety, exposure to maltreatment/trauma, and emotion dysregulation as indicators. I hypothesized three groups: high primary CU, high secondary CU, and low symptoms. I also hypothesized that CU and anxiety indicators would be best at differentiating profiles. Results indicated two models with good fit: a model using CU traits, anxiety, exposure to trauma, and emotion dysregulation as indicators (AIC = 5536.940, BIC = 5617.281, SABIC = 5544.374, Entropy = .869) and a model with CU traits, anxiety, and exposure to trauma as indicators (AIC = 4017.569, BIC = 408.444, SABIC = 4023.387, Entropy = .870). Both models yielded four groups: low symptoms (68.31% and 69.96% respectively), high trauma (9.47% and 9.05%), high anxiety (17.70% and 16.46%), and secondary CU (4.53% and 4.53%). No model identified a primary CU profile. Results inform researchers and clinicians of important features (i.e., CU traits, anxiety, exposure to trauma, and emotion dysregulation) to identify youths with secondary CU traits and, consequently, those at higher risk for persistent disruptive behaviours in a community sample.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Psychology |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
| Authors: | Diep, Jennifer |
| Institution: | Concordia University |
| Degree Name: | M.A. |
| Program: | Psychology |
| Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Thesis Supervisor(s): | Lui, Joyce |
| Keywords: | latent profile analysis, callous unemotional traits, disruptive behaviours |
| ID Code: | 996016 |
| Deposited By: | Jennifer Diep |
| Deposited On: | 04 Nov 2025 17:29 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2025 17:29 |
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