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The Interplay Between Positive and Negative Parenting and Children’s Negative Affect on Callous-Unemotional Traits

Auteurs: Monika Dargis, James J. Li

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 9/2020

Abstract

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits, which include the lack of guilt, lack of empathy, unemotionality, are widely considered a developmental precursor to psychopathic traits and criminal behavior in adulthood. Although parenting-based interventions have been indicated for children with high CU traits, studies on the relationship between parenting and CU traits have produced mixed findings. We hypothesized that children’s temperament, particularly their negative affect, may modulate the association between negative (e.g., harsh discipline) and positive (e.g., positive reinforcement) parenting behavior and CU traits in children. This study examined the interactions between child negative affect and positive and negative dimensions of parenting behavior as they pertained to children’s CU traits (i.e., total scores, callousness, uncaring, and unemotionality), measured via Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU). Using a cross-sectional sample of N = 201 5–6 year-old children, we found that positive parenting was negatively associated with total CU scores, whereas negative parenting was positively associated. Furthermore, negative parenting behavior was associated with higher levels of children’s CU (specifically, on the uncaring dimension of the ICU), but only among children with high negative affect. Results provide preliminary evidence that high children’s negative affect may increase their sensitivity to negative parenting behaviors as it pertains to CU, and the uncaring dimension specifically. Clinical and treatment implications are discussed.

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As requested by a reviewer, we provided results in the supplemental materials (i.e., Supplemental Tables 1 and 2) that modeled these associations without covarying for the “off” parenting variables.

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Titel: The Interplay Between Positive and Negative Parenting and Children’s Negative Affect on Callous-Unemotional Traits
Auteurs: Monika Dargis
James J. Li
Publicatiedatum: 15-07-2020
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 9/2020
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01783-5

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