The Treatment of Conduct Problems in Children With Callous-Unemotional Traits.
2005/08/01 by David J. Hawes, Mark R. Dadds · 450 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Affect (linguistics) #Big Five personality traits #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Clinical psychology #Conduct disorder #Developmental psychology #Intervention (counseling) #Personality #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending #Social psychology #Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment #Temperament
paper · open access · doi:10.1037/0022-006x.73.4.737
published in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 73(4), 737-741 (American Psychological Association)
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of callous-unemotional (CU) traits on treatment outcomes and processes in a 10-week behavioral parent-training intervention with young boys referred for conduct problems (N = 56; mean age 6.29 years). CU traits were associated with greater conduct problems at pretreatment and with poor outcomes at 6-month follow-up. CU traits uniquely predicted clinical outcomes when analyzed in relation to conduct-problem severity, other predictors of antisocial behavior, and parents' implementation of treatment. Boys with high CU traits were less responsive to discipline with time-out than boys without CU traits and reacted to this discipline with less affect. These findings present important implications for the role of child temperament in intervention for conduct problems.
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