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Early Childhood Trajectories of Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits: The Role of Fearlessness and Psychopathic Personality Dimensions

Auteurs: Ida Klingzell, Kostas A. Fanti, Olivier F. Colins, Louise Frogner, Anna-Karin Andershed, Henrik Andershed

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 2/2016

Abstract

Children with early onset of conduct problems (CP) are at risk for long lasting psychosocial problems, especially if CP co-occurs with callous-unemotional (CU) traits. Joint trajectories of CP and CU traits during early childhood were identified using data from the SOFIA study, following 2031 children longitudinally from ages 3–5 to 5–7 years. The results showed that children exhibiting stable high CP and CU traits were characterized by high levels of fearlessness, and psychopathic traits, including grandiose-deceitfulness, and impulsivity, need for stimulation. Children with decreasing or increasing CP and CU traits were characterized by decreases and increases respectively in their levels of fearlessness and psychopathic traits. Children high on CP and low on CU traits exhibited lower levels of these dimensions. Thus, stability and change of fearlessness and psychopathic traits are associated with stability and change in CP and CU traits, making these temperamental and personality traits promising target candidates for early intervention.

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Analyses also revealed a very small group of children (0.2%) with high CU traits only, but due to the limited group size, they were not included in the remaining analyses [12].

In Sweden, the year a child turns six years of age he or she transfers from preschool to preschool class which is a part of the primary school system. During the fall of 2011, children born in 2005 advanced to preschool class, and in 2012, children born in 2006 did the same, leaving only children born in 2007 in preschool for the third data collection.

Means and standard deviations for CP and CU traits across time are available upon request.

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Titel: Early Childhood Trajectories of Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits: The Role of Fearlessness and Psychopathic Personality Dimensions
Auteurs: Ida Klingzell
Kostas A. Fanti
Olivier F. Colins
Louise Frogner
Anna-Karin Andershed
Henrik Andershed
Publicatiedatum: 27-06-2015
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-015-0560-0

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