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Can a laboratory measure of emotional processing enhance the statistical prediction of aggression and delinquency in detained adolescents with callous-unemotional traits?

Kimonis, E.R.; Frick, P.J.; Muñoz, L.C.; Aucoin, K.J.

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Authors

E.R. Kimonis

P.J. Frick

L.C. Muñoz

K.J. Aucoin



Contributors

LC Centifanti fmnv66@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

In this cross-sectional study, we investigated whether the combination of the presence of callous-unemotional (CU) traits and emotional deficits to distressing stimuli, assessed by a computerized dot-probe task, enhanced the statistical prediction of aggression and delinquency in a sample of 88 detained and predominantly African-American (68%) adolescents (M age = 15.57; SD = 1.28). Overall, self-reported CU traits were associated with self-report measures of aggression and delinquency, but not with official records of arrests. However, there was an interaction between CU traits and emotional deficits for predicting self-reported aggression, self-reported violent delinquency, and a record of violent arrests. Youth high on CU traits and who showed a deficit in their responses to visual depictions of distress showed the highest levels of aggression and violent delinquency

Citation

Kimonis, E., Frick, P., Muñoz, L., & Aucoin, K. (2007). Can a laboratory measure of emotional processing enhance the statistical prediction of aggression and delinquency in detained adolescents with callous-unemotional traits?. Journal of abnormal child psychology (Dordrecht. Online), 35(5), 773-785. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9136-1

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Oct 1, 2007
Deposit Date Aug 16, 2011
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Print ISSN 0091-0627
Electronic ISSN 1573-2835
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 35
Issue 5
Pages 773-785
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9136-1
Keywords Callous-unemotional traits, Emotional processing, Aggression, Violence, Delinquency.

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