title: Are Youth Psychopathic Traits Related to Bullying? Meta-analyses on Callous-Unemotional Traits, Narcissism, and Impulsivity.
abstract: In the current manuscript meta-analyses are performed to analyze the relations between three aspects of psychopathy in youth, Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits, Narcissism, and Impulsivity, and bullying behaviors. The databases PsycINFO, MEDLINE, ERIC, Web of Science and Proquest were searched for relevant articles on bullying and CU traits, Narcissism, or Impulsivity in youth under 20 years of age. Two authors each independently screened 842 studies that were found in the literature search. Two authors independently coded ten studies on bullying and CU (N = 4115) traits, six studies on bullying and Narcissism (N = 3376) and 14 studies on bullying and Impulsivity (N = 33,574) that met the inclusion criteria. Significant correlations were found between bullying and CU traits, Narcissism, and Impulsivity. These results were not affected by publication bias. Anti-bullying interventions could potentially benefit from including elements that have been found effective in the treatment of youth psychopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands. mgeel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
authors.forename: Mitch
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Geel
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Toprak
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anouk
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goemans
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zwaanswijk
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vedder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D058445:Bullying; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D004645:Empathy / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism
keywords: Bullying; Callous Unemotional; Impulsivity; Narcissism; Psychopathy