Role of Callous-Unemotional Traits in prediction of Childhood behavior problems

In the present Study, translation of Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (Parent version) into Urdu language was carried out. This inventory was devised by Frick (2004). Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits contribute to the childhood behavioural disorders in children. Sample included 245 academically low performing children (mean age = 9.68; SD = 1.56) including 75 girls (mean age = 9.32; SD = 1.25) and 170 boys (mean age = 9.84; SD = 1.65). the age range of the sample was 7 to 13 years selected from 3rd to 5th grades, from various schools of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The assessment of childhood behaviour disorder was made via Disruptive Behaviour Disorder (DBD) Rating scale (Urdu version) by (Loona & Kamal, 2011). Psychometric properties of ICU-P (Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits Urdu version) were determined in terms of alpha reliability, and inter scale correlations. Cronbach's alpha coefficients yielded an internal consistency coefficient of.75 for the 24 items of ICU-P (Urdu version). The alphas of ICU-P subscales were: .73, .78, .72 for Unemotional, Uncaring and Callousness subscales respectively. Multiple linear regression was carried out to examine the role of callous-unemotional traits as predictors of childhood behavior disorders. Findings indicated that callous and uncaring traits significantly predict disruptive behaviour disorders in children.