title: Why should we care about measuring callous-unemotional traits in children?
abstract: Callous-unemotional traits consist of lack of empathy, guilt and shallow affect. A growing body of research suggests that the presence of these traits are of clinical significance, even if they occur in the absence of concurrent antisocial behaviour.
authors.forename: Essi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Viding
authors.forename: Eamon J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: McCrory
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation