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Callous-unemotional traits and the emotional processing of distress cues in detained boys: testing the moderating role of aggression, exposure to community violence, and histories of abuse.
Dev Psychopathol. 2008 Spring; 20(2):569-89.DP

Abstract

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits in antisocial youth have been associated with deficits in the processing of emotionally distressing stimuli in a number of past studies. In the current study, we investigated moderators of this association in a sample of 88 ethnically diverse detained boys (mean age = 15.57, SD = 1.28). Overall, emotional processing of distressing stimuli using a dot-probe task was not related to CU traits and there was no moderating effect of ethnicity. However, CU traits were related to deficits in emotional processing in youth high on aggression and youth high on exposure to community violence. Further, youth high on CU traits but with enhanced orienting to distressing stimuli had stronger histories of abuse, supporting the possibility that there may be environmentally influenced pathways in the development of these traits.

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Kimonis ER
Institute for Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 750 SE 3rd Avenue, Suite 204, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, USA. ekimonis@forensic-experts.net
Frick PJ
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Munoz LC
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Aucoin KJ
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MeSH

AdolescentAggressionAntisocial Personality DisorderCharacterChild AbuseCrimeDiscrimination, PsychologicalEmotionsEmpathyHumansJuvenile DelinquencyMalePattern Recognition, VisualPersonal Construct TheoryPersonality AssessmentPersonality DevelopmentPrisonersRecurrenceRisk FactorsSocial EnvironmentSocializationSoutheastern United StatesViolence

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18423095

Citation

Kimonis, Eva R., et al. "Callous-unemotional Traits and the Emotional Processing of Distress Cues in Detained Boys: Testing the Moderating Role of Aggression, Exposure to Community Violence, and Histories of Abuse." Development and Psychopathology, vol. 20, no. 2, 2008, pp. 569-89.
Kimonis ER, Frick PJ, Munoz LC, et al. Callous-unemotional traits and the emotional processing of distress cues in detained boys: testing the moderating role of aggression, exposure to community violence, and histories of abuse. Dev Psychopathol. 2008;20(2):569-89.
Kimonis, E. R., Frick, P. J., Munoz, L. C., & Aucoin, K. J. (2008). Callous-unemotional traits and the emotional processing of distress cues in detained boys: testing the moderating role of aggression, exposure to community violence, and histories of abuse. Development and Psychopathology, 20(2), 569-89. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457940800028X
Kimonis ER, et al. Callous-unemotional Traits and the Emotional Processing of Distress Cues in Detained Boys: Testing the Moderating Role of Aggression, Exposure to Community Violence, and Histories of Abuse. Dev Psychopathol. 2008;20(2):569-89. PubMed PMID: 18423095.
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