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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Childhood maltreatment stands as a salient risk factor in the etiology of juvenile delinquency, with a profound impact on the behavioral trajectories of young offenders. However, there is limited research on latent profile analysis to explore distinctive patterns of childhood maltreatment in Chinese juvenile offenders. Consequently, there is a lack of understanding regarding the associations between maltreatment profiles and relevant variables in this context. The present study aimed to explore meaningful subgroups of childhood maltreatment in juvenile offenders, and we further examined the associations between subgroups and multiple outcomes especially psychopathy.
METHODS: The data was obtained from a sample of Chinese juvenile offenders (N = 625, M age = 17.22, SD = 1.23). This study employed a latent profile analysis (LPA) based on factor scores of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form to identify the subgroups and examined the differences across subgroups using outcomes variables including psychopathy, callous-unemotional traits, aggression and anxiety. This study includes three self-report measures to evaluate psychopathy, with due regard for the nuanced considerations on the factor structure inherent in the conceptualization of psychopathy.
RESULTS: Two subgroups were identified, including the non-maltreatment subgroup (80.2%) and the maltreatment subgroup (19.8%). Maltreatment subgroup was characterized by a greater level of all types of maltreatment with particularly higher of emotion neglect. Besides, we found that maltreatment subgroup showed a significantly higher level of psychopathy across multiple self-report measures, and greater callous-unemotional traits, lack of empathy, aggression and anxiety. We found two subgroups of child maltreatment in Chinese juvenile offenders.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings may provide a further understanding of childhood maltreatment and the clinical intervention on psychopathy in the early period.
METHODS: The data was obtained from a sample of Chinese juvenile offenders (N = 625, M age = 17.22, SD = 1.23). This study employed a latent profile analysis (LPA) based on factor scores of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form to identify the subgroups and examined the differences across subgroups using outcomes variables including psychopathy, callous-unemotional traits, aggression and anxiety. This study includes three self-report measures to evaluate psychopathy, with due regard for the nuanced considerations on the factor structure inherent in the conceptualization of psychopathy.
RESULTS: Two subgroups were identified, including the non-maltreatment subgroup (80.2%) and the maltreatment subgroup (19.8%). Maltreatment subgroup was characterized by a greater level of all types of maltreatment with particularly higher of emotion neglect. Besides, we found that maltreatment subgroup showed a significantly higher level of psychopathy across multiple self-report measures, and greater callous-unemotional traits, lack of empathy, aggression and anxiety. We found two subgroups of child maltreatment in Chinese juvenile offenders.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings may provide a further understanding of childhood maltreatment and the clinical intervention on psychopathy in the early period.
摘要：
背景：儿童虐待是青少年犯罪病因中的一个显著危险因素，对青少年罪犯的行为轨迹产生了深远的影响。然而,关于潜在概况分析的研究有限，无法探索中国少年犯儿童虐待的独特模式。因此,在这种情况下，对虐待情况和相关变量之间的关联缺乏了解。本研究旨在探讨少年犯中儿童期虐待的有意义的亚组，我们进一步研究了亚组与多个结局之间的关联,尤其是精神病.
方法：数据来自中国少年犯的样本（N=625，M年龄=17.22，SD=1.23）。这项研究采用了基于儿童创伤问卷简短形式的因子得分的潜在概况分析（LPA）来识别亚组，并使用包括精神病在内的结果变量检查亚组之间的差异。冷酷无情的特质，侵略和焦虑。这项研究包括三个自我报告的措施来评估精神病，适当考虑精神病概念化中固有的因素结构。
结果：确定了两个亚组，包括非虐待亚组(80.2%)和虐待亚组(19.8%)。虐待亚组的特征是所有类型的虐待水平都更高，尤其是情感忽视更高。此外,我们发现，虐待亚组在多种自我报告指标中表现出明显更高水平的精神病，和更大的冷酷无情的特征，缺乏同理心,侵略和焦虑。我们在中国少年犯中发现了两个虐待儿童的亚组。
结论：这些发现可能为儿童虐待和早期精神病的临床干预提供了进一步的了解。
方法：数据来自中国少年犯的样本（N=625，M年龄=17.22，SD=1.23）。这项研究采用了基于儿童创伤问卷简短形式的因子得分的潜在概况分析（LPA）来识别亚组，并使用包括精神病在内的结果变量检查亚组之间的差异。冷酷无情的特质，侵略和焦虑。这项研究包括三个自我报告的措施来评估精神病，适当考虑精神病概念化中固有的因素结构。
结果：确定了两个亚组，包括非虐待亚组(80.2%)和虐待亚组(19.8%)。虐待亚组的特征是所有类型的虐待水平都更高，尤其是情感忽视更高。此外,我们发现，虐待亚组在多种自我报告指标中表现出明显更高水平的精神病，和更大的冷酷无情的特征，缺乏同理心,侵略和焦虑。我们在中国少年犯中发现了两个虐待儿童的亚组。
结论：这些发现可能为儿童虐待和早期精神病的临床干预提供了进一步的了解。
