Indeed, we acknowledge that the present findings may be considered surprising given previous work showing that empathy deficits are more pronounced in those with CD and elevated CU
traits than those with lower levels of CU traits (Jones et al. 2010; Schwenck et al. 2012) and theories predicting that affective empathy deficits are uniquely related to CU traits (Blair 2005, 2013).
Not exact matches
To find out if individuals
with high
levels of psychopathic
traits were better at learning how to lie
than others, the researchers recruited 52 students from The University of Hong Kong — 23 who showed
low levels of psychopathic
traits and 29 who showed high
levels of psychopathic
traits based on a questionnaire that can be used to assess psychopathy in a non-clinical setting.
Lawyers
with «higher
levels of resilience, empathy, initiative and sociability» are more likely to leave law practice
than those
with lower levels of those
traits.
Levels of CU
traits moderate the link between conduct problems and parenting practices such that ineffective parenting practices such as harsh or inconsistent discipline are more strongly related to conduct problems of boys
with low rather
than high CU
traits.
Regarding ODD and CU in preschoolers, Willoughby et al. [32] reported that CU
traits were stable from ages 3 to 5, and distinguished a group of children
with ODD+CU that were less fearful, recovered more easily after an upset, and showed less negative reactivity,
lower heart period reactivity and higher
levels of general arousal
than those
with ODD only.
Regarding
levels of temperament
traits, results showed that referred children had significantly
lower levels of effortful control
than general population children,
with less capacity to maintain attentional focus and less capacity to plan and suppress inappropriate response reactions.
The aim of the present study was to assess empathic accuracy (EA), emotion recognition, and affective empathy in male adolescents
with Conduct Disorder (CD) and higher versus
lower levels of callous - unemotional (CU)
traits, using a more ecologically - valid task
than has been used previously.
It was predicted that boys
with antisocial behaviour problems and high
levels of CU
traits would have
lower levels of serum serotonin
than boys
with antisocial behaviour problems and
low levels of CU
traits.
Participants
with high
levels of CU
traits were significantly more likely to be heterozygous (G / T)
than participants
low in CU
traits.
Studies have shown that youths
with high psychopathic
traits have an earlier onset of delinquent behavior, have higher
levels of delinquent behavior, and show higher rates of recidivism
than youths
with low psychopathic
traits [4, 5].
Studies have shown that youths
with high psychopathic
traits have an earlier onset of delinquent behavior, have higher
levels of delinquent behavior, and show higher rates of recidivism
than youths
with low psychopathic
traits.
Finally, children
with persistently high
levels of psychopathic
traits exhibited higher
levels of conduct problems and proactive aggression at follow - up
than those
with unstable or stable
low psychopathic
traits.
Adolescents
with conduct disorder (CD) and elevated callous - unemotional (CU)
traits have been reported to present
with a more severe and persistent pattern of antisocial behaviour
than those
with low levels of CU
traits.