Do children with high callous-unemotional traits have attentional deficits to emotional stimuli? evidence from a multi-method and multi-informant study
Ivanova Serokhvostova, Anastasya (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Fanti, Kostas (University of Cyprus. Department of Psychology)
Bonillo Martín, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)
Supèr, Hans (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Cognició, Desenvolupament i Psicologia de l'Educació)
Corrales, Montserrat (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Pérez-Bonaventura, Iris (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Pamias, Montserrat (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Torrúbia, Rafael (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Nadal i Alemany, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Frick, Paul J. (Louisiana State University. Department of Psychology)
Molinuevo Alonso, Beatriz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Institut de Neurociències
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2024 |
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15 pàg. |
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Callous-unemotional (CU) traits in children and adolescents are linked to severe and persistent antisocial behavior. Based on past empirical research, several theoretical models have suggested that CU traits may be partly explained by difficulties in correctly identifying others' emotional states as well as their reduced attention to others' eyes, which could be important for both causal theory and treatment. This study tested the relationships among CU traits, emotion recognition of facial expressions and visual behavior in a sample of 52 boys referred to a clinic for conduct problems (Mage = 10. 29 years; SD = 2. 06). We conducted a multi-method and multi-informant assessment of CU traits through the Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI), the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional (ICU), and the Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions-Version 1. 1 (CAPE). The primary goal of the study was to compare the utility of these methods for forming subgroups of youth that differ in their emotional processing abilities. An emotion recognition task assessed recognition accuracy (percentage of mistakes) and absolute dwell time on the eyes or mouth region for each emotion. Results from repeated measures ANOVAs revealed that low and high CU groups did not differ in emotion recognition accuracy, irrespective of the method of assessing CU traits. However, the high CU group showed reduced attention to the eyes of fearful and sad facial expressions (using the CPTI) or to all emotions (using the CAPE). The high CU group also showed a general increase in attention to the mouth area, but only when assessed by the CAPE. These findings provide evidence to support abnormalities in how those elevated on CU traits process emotional stimuli, especially when assessed by a clinical interview, which could guide appropriate assessment and more successful interventions for this group of youth. |
Ajuts: |
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PSI2015-67441-R Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR1586
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Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB |
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Altres ajuts: A.I. is recipient of a Ph.D. fellowship by the Secretaria d'Universitats i Recerca of Generalitat de Catalunya and European Social Fund [FI-DGR 2017] |
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Anglès |
Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar |
Matèria: |
Adolescents ;
Callous-unemotional ;
Children ;
Emotion recognition ;
Eye gaze ;
Visual behavior |
Publicat a: |
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, (17 August 2024) , ISSN 1573-3327 |
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-024-01739-6
PMID: 39152275
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