The incremental usefulness of the multidimensional psychopathy construct in predicting future antisocial behavior has rarely been tested in general population samples of children. To fill this significant knowledge gap, data were used from 1729 5- to 7-year old Swedish children who enrolled in a large Swedish prospective longitudinal study. Psychopathic traits and other risk factors at age 5–7 were assessed through teacher-, and parent-reports. Six years later, multiple informants (teacher, parents, and children) completed measures of antisocial behavior, including symptoms of conduct disorder, aggression, and bullying. Results show that the teacher-rated psychopathy total score (i.e., the composite of interpersonal, callous-unemotional, and behavioral-lifestyle traits) was predictive of severe and stable antisocial behavior, above and beyond levels of other risk factors, including conduct problems. Interaction effects suggested that the psychopathy total score at age 5–7 was predictive of future stable conduct disorder symptoms 6 years later, even in the absence of conduct problems at age 5–7. In conclusion, current findings indicate that the multidimensional child psychopathy construct identifies 5–7-year olds at risk for negative maladjustment in adolescence. Results support existing attempts of the developmental extension of psychopathy to young children.

多维心理疾病构建体在预测未来的反社会行为方面的增量效用很少在儿童总体样本中得到检验。为了弥补这一巨大的知识鸿沟，我们使用了1729名5至7岁瑞典儿童的数据，这些儿童参加了一项大型的瑞典前瞻性纵向研究。通过教师和家长的报告评估了5-7岁时的精神病性状和其他危险因素。六年后，多个线人（老师，父母和孩子）完成了反社会行为的测量，包括行为失常，攻击性和欺凌的症状。结果表明，教师评定的心理疾病总分（即人际，残酷，不情绪化和行为生活方式的综合特征）可以预测严重和稳定的反社会行为，高于和超过其他危险因素（包括行为问题）的水平。交互作用表明，即使在5-7岁时没有行为问题，在5-7岁时的精神病总分仍可预测6年后的稳定行为障碍症状。总而言之，当前的发现表明，多维儿童心理疾病构造可识别5-7岁的青少年处于不良负适应风险的风险。结果支持现有的将精神病发展至幼儿的尝试。当前的研究结果表明，多维儿童心理疾病结构可以识别5-7岁的青少年处于不良适应不良风险中。结果支持现有的将精神病发展至幼儿的尝试。目前的研究结果表明，多维儿童心理疾病结构可以识别5-7岁的青少年处于不良负适应风险的风险。结果支持现有的将精神病发展至幼儿的尝试。