title: Revisiting Lynam's notion of the "fledgling psychopath": are HIA-CP children truly psychopathic-like?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In his developmental model of emerging psychopathy, Lynam proposed that the "fledgling psychopath" is most likely to be located within a subgroup of children elevated in both hyperactivity/inattention/impulsivity (HIA) and conduct problems (CP). This approach has garnered some empirical support. However, the extent to which Lynam's model captures children who resemble psychopathy with regard to the core affective and interpersonal features remains unclear.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the present study, we investigated this issue within a large community sample of youth (N = 617). Four groups (non-HIA-CP, HIA-only, CP-only, and HIA-CP), defined on the basis of teacher reports of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), were compared with respect to parent-reported psychopathic-like traits and subjective emotional reactivity in response to unpleasant, emotionally-laden pictures from the International Affective Pictures System (IAPS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results did not support Lynam's model. HIA-CP children did not appear most psychopathic-like on dimensions of callous-unemotional and narcissistic personality, nor did they report reduced emotional reactivity to the IAPS relative to the other children. Post-hoc regression analyses revealed a significant moderation such that elevated HIA weakened the association between CP and emotional underarousal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Implications of these findings with regard to the development of psychopathy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, Texas, 77204, USA. csharp2@uh.edu.
authors.forename: Jared D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Michonski
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sharp
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