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The association of community violence exposure with middle-school achievement: A prospective study
(2004)This study investigated the long-term effects of exposure to community violence on academic achievement and feelings of safety in school among a large sample of urban middle-school students (N = 759). It also considered ...
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The better of two evils? Evidence that children exhibiting continuous conduct problems high or low on callous-unemotional traits score on opposite directions on physiological and behavioral measures of fear
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)The present study examines whether heterogeneous groups of children identified based on their longitudinal scores on conduct problems (CP) and callous-unemotional (CU) traits differ on physiological and behavioral measures ...
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Callous-unemotional traits in incarcerated adolescents
(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 ...
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Childhood callous-unemotional traits moderate the relation between parenting distress and conduct problems over time
(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 ...
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Do neurocognitive deficits in decision making differentiate conduct disorder subtypes?
(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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Factors differentiating callous-unemotional children with and without conduct problems
(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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Linking callous-unemotional traits to instrumental and non-instrumental forms of aggression
(2009)The current study investigated the relation of callous-unemotional (CU) traits to bullying, victimization, and proactive and reactive aggression. We also examined whether CU traits will be more strongly related to groups ...
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Maltreatment Profiles Among Incarcerated Boys With Callous-Unemotional Traits
(2013)Callous-unemotional (CU) traits in youth are believed to be a developmental precursor to adult psychopathy, tapping its affective dimension. There is growing support for the existence of variants of psychopathy that can ...
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Psychometric properties and prognostic usefulness of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) as a component of a clinical protocol for detained youth: A multiethnic examination
(American Psychological Association Inc, 2017)Prior studies have shown that the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) holds promise as a self-report tool for assessing psychopathic traits in detained adolescents. However, these studies have been conducted in a ...
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Psychopathic personality traits in 5 year old twins: the importance of genetic and shared environmental influences
(Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag GmbH and Co. KG, 2017)There is limited research on the genetic and environmental bases of psychopathic personality traits in children. In this study, psychopathic personality traits were assessed in a total of 1189 5-year-old boys and girls ...
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Puberty Predicts Approach But Not Avoidance on the Iowa Gambling Task in a Multinational Sample
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2016)According to the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking, sensation seeking and impulse control follow different developmental trajectories across adolescence and are governed by two different brain systems. The authors ...
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Trajectories of pure and co-occurring internalizing and externalizing problems from age 2 to age 12: Findings from the national institute of child health and human development study of early child care
(2010)How and why do internalizing and externalizing problems, psychopathological problems from different diagnostic classes representing separate forms of psychopathology, co-occur in children? We investigated the development ...
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Unemotional on all counts: Evidence of reduced affective responses in individuals with high callous-unemotional traits across emotion systems and valences
(Psychology Press Ltd, 2016)The current study aimed to identify atypical neurophysiological activity associated with deficient affective processing in individuals with high callous-unemotional traits (CU). Fifty-six participants (M age = 20.52; 46% ...
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Using self-reported callous-unemotional traits to cross-nationally assess the DSM-5 'With Limited Prosocial Emotions' specifier
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)Background The presence of callous-unemotional (CU) traits designates an important subgroup of antisocial youth at risk for severe, persistent, and impairing conduct problems. As a result, the fifth revision of the Diagnostic ...