Physiologically-indexed and self-perceived affective empathy in Conduct-Disordered children high and low on Callous-Unemotional traits.
Heart rate (HR) was employed to compare vicarious affective arousal across three groups of children (aged 7.6 - 11, N = 95): Conduct Disordered (CD) elevated on Callous-Unemotional traits (CD/CU), CD low on CU traits (CD-only), and [Symbol: see text]typically-developing' controls, matched in age, gender and socioeconomic background. While watching an emotion evocative film, participants' HR was monitored. Immediately after viewing, self-reported vicarious responses were obtained. Participants also completed the Bryant Empathy Index. CD/CU children displayed lower magnitude of HR change than both CD-only and controls. Both CD groups reported fewer vicarious responses and scored lower than controls on the empathy index. These results support distinct deficits across CD subsets, suggestive of distinct mechanisms underlying their antisocial conduct.
Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous
Xenia
X
Department of Psychology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. hadjicharalambous.x@unic.ac.cy
Warden
David
D
D000339:Affect; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D001143:Arousal; D002648:Child; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Psychol Assess. 2000 Dec;12(4):382-93
11147105
Psychol Rev. 1993 Oct;100(4):674-701
8255953
Biol Psychol. 2007 Feb;74(2):144-53
17055141
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997 Feb;36(2):233-41
9031576
Psychol Bull. 1988 May;103(3):324-44
3289071
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1996 Apr;24(2):223-40
8743246
Dev Psychobiol. 1996 Dec;29(8):697-712
8958482
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1994 Apr;66(4):776-97
8189352
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1992 Feb;20(1):51-63
1548394
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1990 Nov;47(11):1003-7
2241502
Clin Psychol Rev. 2007 Jan;27(1):1-13
16697094
Science. 1990 Dec 21;250(4988):1678-83
2270481
Nat Neurosci. 2000 Oct;3(10):1049-56
11017179
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2006 Mar-Apr;47(3-4):262-76
16492259
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1987 Dec;15(4):583-99
3437093
Biol Psychol. 1984 Mar;18(2):123-32
6733191
J Pers. 1989 Mar;57(1):41-67
2709301
J Consult Clin Psychol. 1997 Apr;65(2):301-8
9086694
J Abnorm Psychol. 1968 Dec;73(6):513-20
5717351
J Exp Child Psychol. 1995 Apr;59(2):299-316
7722437
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2003 Mar;32(1):66-80
12573933
J Abnorm Psychol. 2000 May;109(2):335-340
10895572
J Abnorm Psychol. 1994 Nov;103(4):700-7
7822571
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1999 Oct;27(5):383-92
10582839
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1983 Mar;11(1):85-100
6853884
Monogr Soc Res Child Dev. 1994;59(2-3):53-72
7984167
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2000 Apr;28(2):103-18
10834764
Psychosom Med. 1981 Aug;43(4):343-64
7280162
Behav Sci Law. 2006;24(1):21-37
16491477