title: [Appearance of psychopathic tendencies among children and adolescents].
abstract: There has been a growing body of researches about psychopathic tendencies appearing among children and adolescents. First generation studies differentiated psychopathic constellation from conduct problems in childhood and pointed out that the presence of these traits predict unpleasant therapeutic prognosis and is partly independent from quality of parenting. The factor structure of constellation is similar to the factor structure of adult psychopaths. Surveying the structure became clear that C/U traits are the core of the child and adolescent psychopathic constellation. This paper summarize results of empirical studies connected to C/U traits among children and adolescents. We introduce debatable questions about child and adolescent psychopathic traits and connected empirical studies.
authors.affiliation: Debreceni Egyetem, Pszichologiai Intezet, Pedagogiai Pszichologiai Tanszek, Debrecen. pataky.nora@freemail.hu
authors.forename: Nóra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pataky
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Körmendi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D035863:Moral Development; D016487:Parenting; D010553:Personality Development; D011379:Prognosis; D013694:Temperament