• Article  

      Bullying and empathy: A short-term longitudinal investigation 

      Stavrinides, Panayiotis; Georgiou, Stelios N.; Theofanous, V. (2010)
      The aim of this study was to test the direction of effect in the relationship between bullying and empathy. The participants were 205 sixth-grade students, randomly selected from urban and rural schools in Cyprus. A ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Callous unemotional and autistic traits : investigating differences on empathy, physiological measurements and emotion recognition   

      Georgios, Georgiou A. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2018-05)
      Εισαγωγή: Σύμφωνα με προηγούμενες έρευνες, τόσο τα Χαρακτηριστικά Σκληρότητας (ΧΣ) όσο και τα αυτιστικά χαρακτηριστικά συνδέονται με προβλήματα στην ενσυναίσθηση και στην κοινωνική αλληλεπίδραση. Παρά τα εν λόγω επιφανειακά ...
    • Article  

      Callous-unemotional traits in incarcerated adolescents 

      Kimonis, Eva R.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Goldweber, A.; Marsee, M. A.; Frick, Paul J.; Cauffman, E. (American Psychological Association Inc, 2014)
      The presence of callous-unemotional (CU) traits designates a subgroup of antisocial youth at risk for severe, aggressive, and stable conduct problems. As a result, these traits should be considered as part of the criteria ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Can 'Limited Prosocial Emotions' be changed in early childhood? : an examination of three treatment programs 

      Miltiadou, Eleni Ch. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2018-05)
      Εισαγωγή: Παιδιά με ΧΣ αποτελούν πρόκληση αφού δεν ανταποκρίνονται στις εμπειρικές θεραπείες που επιφέρουν αποτελέσματα στην αντικοινωνική συμπεριφορά παιδιών χωρίς ΧΣ. Αυτό αποδίδεται σε ιδιαίτερους αναπτυξιακούς παράγοντες ...
    • Article  

      Childhood callous-unemotional traits moderate the relation between parenting distress and conduct problems over time 

      Fanti, Kostas A.; Munoz Centifanti, L. C. (2014)
      The present short-term longitudinal study examines the bidirectional effects among paternal-reported and maternal-reported involvement, distress and conduct-problems (CP) in children ages 7-12 years with callous-unemotional ...
    • Article  

      Individual differences in brain structure underpin empathizing-systemizing cognitive styles in male adults 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Chakrabarti,B.; Ecker,C.; Sadek,Susan A.; Wheelwright,Sally J.; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Suckling,John; Bullmore,Edward T.; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Bailey, Anthony J.; Bolton, P. F.; Carrington, S.; Daly,Eileen M.; Deoni,Sean C. L.; Happé,Francesca; Henty, Julian; Jezzard, Peter; Johnston,Patrick; Jones, D. K.; Madden, A.; Mullins, D.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Pasco, Greg; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Spain,D.; Stewart, R.; Williams,Steven C. R. (2012)
      Individual differences in cognitive style can be characterized along two dimensions: 'systemizing' (S, the drive to analyze or build 'rule-based' systems) and 'empathizing' (E, the drive to identify another's mental state ...
    • Article  

      Moral dilemmas film task: A study of spontaneous narratives by individuals with autism spectrum conditions 

      Barnes, Jennifer L.; Lombardo, Michael V.; Wheelwright, Sally J.; Baron-Cohen, Simon (2009)
      People with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have difficulties with mentalizing, empathy, and narrative comprehension. A new test of social and narrative cognition, the Moral Dilemmas Film Task, was developed to probe ...
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      Understanding heterogeneity in conduct disorder: A review of psychophysiological studies 

      Fanti, Kostas A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
      The present review is concerned with the role of different physiological systems (e.g., skin conductance, heart rate, electromyography, and the eye-bling startle reflex) in understanding heterogeneity in conduct disorder ...