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- Title
Can a laboratory measure of emotional processing enhance the statistical prediction of aggression and delinquency in detained adolescents with callous-unemotional traits?
- Authors
Kimonis, Eva; Frick, Paul; Munoz, Luna; Aucoin, Katherine; Kimonis, Eva R; Frick, Paul J; Munoz, Luna C; Aucoin, Katherine 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.
- Subjects
TEENAGERS; ADOLESCENT psychology; ADOLESCENCE; AFRICAN American youth; AGGRESSION (Psychology); JUVENILE delinquency; PSYCHOLOGY; JUVENILE delinquency &; psychology; VIOLENCE &; psychology; EMOTIONS; PERSONALITY assessment; PRISON psychology; PROJECTIVE techniques; REGRESSION analysis; RISK assessment; PREDICTIVE tests; CROSS-sectional method; PSYCHOLOGICAL factors
- Publication
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 5, p773
- ISSN
0091-0627
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10802-007-9136-1