Replicability and cross-gender invariance of a two-dimensional model of antisociality in male and female college students

A confirmatory factor analysis of indicators from the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles-Layperson Edition (PICTS-L), Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy (LSRP) scale, and Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) Antisocial Features (ANT) scale was used to test the replicability and cross-gender invariance of a two-dimensional (proactive, reactive) model of antisociality. Employing a sample of 478 male and female students, the two-dimensional model was contrasted with a one-factor general deviance model and a two-factor social learning model (criminal thinking, antisocial behavior). Fit statistics indicated that the two-dimensional model achieved a significantly better fit than the alternative general deviance and social learning models. The results of a two-group confirmatory factor analysis of 208 male college students and 270 female college students revealed that the two-factor model was invariant across gender.