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.

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. R., Frick, P. J., Muñoz, L. C., & Aucoin, K. J. (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: Apr 24, 2014
• 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.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1537522