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Psychopathic personality works better than CU traits for predicting fearlessness and ADHD symptoms in children with conduct problems
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work. (CAPS)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8163-6558
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work. (CAPS)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0590-8600
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work. (CAPS)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3981-0353
2017 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Children with early-onset conduct problems (CP) are at great risk for future behavior problems, and this risk seems to increase when CP co-occur with psychopathic traits. Even though studies are indicating that the entire psychopathic personality construct may be more useful in designating a meaningful subgroup of children with CP, research on psychopathic traits and CP in childhood have mainly focused on the role of callous unemo-tional (CU) traits. Prospective longitudinal data of 1,867 3- to 5-year-olds (47% girls) followed annually for two years was used to compare groups of children with different combinations of CP and psychopathic traits on fearlessness and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symp-toms. Children with CP and psychopathic personality had higher baseline and stable levels of fearlessness and ADHD symptoms than children with CP only or children with CP and concurrent CU traits. They were also more likely to display stable levels of the very risky combination of CP and ADHD symptoms. Results were similar for boys and girls. Findings indicate that there are reasons to consider other traits and behaviors as specifiers for subgroups of children with CP over and above CU traits, in order to optimize both diagnostic practice and treatment outcomes.

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2017.
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Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
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Criminology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-62181OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-62181DiVA, id: diva2:1155472
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Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 19-21, 2017
Available from: 2017-11-08 Created: 2017-11-08 Last updated: 2023-01-30Bibliographically approved

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