Browsing by Author "Fanti, Kostas A."
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Comparing Different Approaches for Subtyping Children with Conduct Problems: Callous-Unemotional Traits Only Versus the Multidimensional Psychopathy Construct
Colins, Olivier F.; Andershed, Henrik; Salekin, Randall T.; Fanti, Kostas A. (2018)The aim of this study was to compare two youth psychopathy models (i.e., callous-unemotional versus multidimensional model) in their ability to predict future and stable conduct problems (CP). At baseline, mothers and ...
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A comparison of latent profiles in antisocial male offenders
Driessen, Josi M. A.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Glennon, Jeffrey C.; Neumann, Craig S.; Baskin-Sommers, Arielle R.; Brazil, Inti A. (2018)Purpose: Within forensic settings, the tools used to evaluate subtypes of antisocial offenders (e.g. interview-based measures such as the Psychopathy Checklist) are expensive and time consuming. The purpose of the present ...
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A cross-sectional examination of response inhibition and working memory on the Stroop task
Duell, Natasha; Icenogle, Grace; Silva, Karol; Chein, Jason; Steinberg, Laurence; Banich, Marie T.; Di Guinta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Takash, Hanan M.S.; Bacchini, Dario; Chang, Lei; Chaudhary, Nandita (2018)The authors examined the association between working memory and response inhibition on the Stroop task using a cross-sectional, international sample of 5099 individuals (49.3% male) ages 10–30 (M = 17.04 years
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Book Chapter
Cultural and ethnic variations in psychopathy
Fanti, Kostas A.; Lordos, Alexandros; Sullivan, Elizabeth A.; Kosson, David S. (The Guilford Press, 2018)Our primary goal in this chapter is to evaluate what has been learned about psychopathy in terms of cultural and ethnic differences by (1) reviewing current knowledge about the base rates, mean levels, and prevalence of ...
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Desensitization to media violence over a short period of time
Fanti, Kostas A.; Vanman, Eric; Henrich, Christopher C.; Avraamides, Marios N. (2009)This study investigated the desensitization to violence over a short period of time. Participants watched nine violent movie scenes and nine comedy scenes, and reported whether they enjoyed the violent or comedy scenes and ...
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Development of a screening tool enabling identification of infants and toddlers at risk of family abuse and neglect: a feasibility study from three South European countries
Ezpeleta, L.; Perez-Robles, Ruth; Fanti, Kostas A.; Karveli, Vassiliki; Katsimicha, Evita; Nikolaidis, George; Hadjicharalambous, Maria-Zoe; Hatzinikolaou, Kornilia (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2017)Background: Child abuse is a health and social problem, and few screening instruments are available for the detection of risk in primary health care. The aim was to develop a screening instrument to be used by professionals ...
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Developmental psychopathology: Social policy and interventions
Fanti, Kostas A.; Avraamides, Marios N. (2011)
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Dimensions of Juvenile Psychopathy Distinguish "Bullies," "Bully-Victims," and "Victims"
Fanti, Kostas A.; Kimonis, Eva R. (2013)Objective: Psychopathy is a multidimensional construct comprising traits of narcissism, impulsivity, and callous-unemotionality (CU). Prior cross-sectional research supports an association between the CU dimension of ...
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The Disruptive Adolescent as a Grown-Up: Predicting Adult Startle Responses to Violent and Erotic Films from Adolescent Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits
Kyranides, Melina-Nicole; Fanti, Kostas A.; Panayiotou, Georgia (2016)The current study aimed to identify heterogeneous groups of adolescents differing on their levels of conduct problems (CP) and callous-unemotional (CU) traits, and compare them on startle reactivity to emotional videos ...
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Distinct Empathy Profiles in Callous Unemotional and Autistic Traits: Investigating Unique and Interactive Associations with Affective and Cognitive Empathy
Georgiou, Giorgos; Demetriou, Chara A.; Fanti, Kostas A. (2019)Empathy deficits are a hallmark of both callous-unemotional (CU) and autistic traits. However, it is unclear whether each trait is associated with deficits in distinct empathy subcomponents. The aim of the current study ...
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Do neurocognitive deficits in decision making differentiate conduct disorder subtypes?
Fanti, Kostas A.; Kimonis, Eva R.; Hadjicharalambous, Maria-Zoe; Steinberg, L. (Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag GmbH and Co. KG, 2016)The present study aimed to test whether neurocognitive deficits involved in decision making underlie subtypes of conduct-disorder (CD) differentiated on the basis of callous-unemotional (CU) traits. Eighty-five participants ...
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Early Childhood Trajectories of Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits: The Role of Fearlessness and Psychopathic Personality Dimensions
Klingzell, Ida; Fanti, Kostas A.; Colins, Olivier F.; Frogner, Louise; Andershed, Anna-Karin; Andershed, Henrik (2016)Children with early onset of conduct problems (CP) are at risk for long lasting psychosocial problems, especially if CP co-occurs with callous-unemotional (CU) traits. Joint trajectories of CP and CU traits during early ...
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Editorial: Heart Rate as a Biomarker for Co-Occurring Externalizing and Internalizing Problems
Fanti, Kostas A. (2019)The article by Deutz et al.1 investigates associations between heart rate (HR) measures with child externalizing and internalizing psychopathology. HR relates to emotional arousal and reflects both sympathetic and ...
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Effects of Self-Esteem and Narcissism on Bullying and Victimization During Early Adolescence
Fanti, Kostas A.; Henrich, Christopher C. (SAGE Publications Inc, 2015)The current study investigates the longitudinal association, across a 1-year period, between self-esteem and narcissism with bullying and peer victimization. The sample consisted of 1,416 (50.1% girls) Greek Cypriot early ...
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Establishing cut-off scores for the parent-reported inventory of callous-unemotional traits.
Kimonis, Eva R.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Singh, J. P. (2014)Callous-unemotional (CU) traits (i.e., lack of empathy/guilt/concern for others) have proven useful for identifying a unique subgroup of antisocial youths at risk for severe, persistent, and impairing conduct problems ...
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Facial reactions to violent and comedy films: Association with callous–unemotional traits and impulsive aggression
Fanti, Kostas A.; Kyranides, Melina-Nicole; Panayiotou, Georgia (Routledge, 2017)The current study adds to prior research by investigating specific (happiness, sadness, surprise, disgust, anger and fear) and general (corrugator and zygomatic muscle activity) facial reactions to violent and comedy films ...
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Factors differentiating callous-unemotional children with and without conduct problems
Wall, Tina D.; Frick, Paul J.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Kimonis, Eva R.; Lordos, A. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016)Background: Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are a risk factor for a severe, aggressive, and persistent pattern of conduct problems (CP). This study investigated characteristics that might differentiate children with elevated ...
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Fearful victims and fearless bullies? Subjective reactions to emotional imagery scenes of children involved in school aggression
Panayiotou, Georgia; Fanti, Kostas A.; Lazarou, Chrysostomos (2015)Being aggressive has been related to fearlessness, low empathy and premeditated antisocial behaviors. The current study examined how school bullies and victims respond to affective situations presented through imagery. It ...
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Heterogeneity in externalizing problems at age 3: Association with age 15 biological and environmental outcomes
Fanti, Kostas A.; Kimonis, Eva R. (American Psychological Association Inc, 2017)Investigating heterogeneity in antisocial behavior early in life is essential for understanding the etiology, development, prognosis, and treatment of these problems. Data from the longitudinal National Institute of Child ...
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In the eyes of the beholder: investigating the effect of visual probing on accuracy and gaze fixations when attending to facial expressions among primary and secondary callous-unemotional variants
Kyranides, Melina Nicole; Fanti, Kostas A.; Petridou, Maria; Kimonis, Eva R. (2019)Individuals with callous-unemotional (CU) traits show deficits in facial emotion recognition. According to preliminary research, this impairment may be due to attentional neglect to peoples’ eyes when evaluating emotionally ...