Facial reactions to emotional films in young children with conduct problems and varying levels of callous‐unemotional traits

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ID21345016
AuthorsEva R Kimonis (0000-0002-4325-6108, School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia, corresponding author), Brandon Le (0000-0001-7060-5943, School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia), Georgette E Fleming (0000-0002-9606-066X, School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia), Melina Nicole Kyranides (0000-0002-7346-7563, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK), Chara A Demetriou (0000-0002-1185-8622, Department of Psychology University of Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus), Kostas A Fanti (0000-0002-3484-7483, Department of Psychology University of Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus), Bryan Neo (0000-0001-6160-0489, School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia), Ashneeta H Prasad (0009-0001-2665-8850, School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia), Amanda Chan (School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia), Amanda B Chan (0000-0002-9753-6316, UNSW Sydney), David J Hawes (0000-0003-3260-1225, School of Psychology University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia), Valsamma Eapen (0000-0001-6296-8306, School of Psychiatry University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia)
Year2023
Volume64
Issue3
Pages357-366
Publication date2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9630 • E-ISSN: 1469-7610
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jcpp.13701
PMID36124731
OpenAlexW4296785237
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited66

BACKGROUND: Elevated levels of callous-unemotional (CU) traits have proven useful for identifying a distinct subgroup of children whose conduct problems (CP) are early emerging, severe, persistent, and underpinned by aberrant emotional processing. The early childhood emotional experiences and expressions of CP subtypes are poorly understood, despite their importance to understanding the problematic attachments and atypical social affiliation experienced by children with elevated CU traits. The current study aimed to test for differences in facial emotional reactions to mood-inducing film clips in children with CP and varying levels of CU traits. METHOD: = 3.64 years, SD = 0.63, 66.9% male) classified as CP with elevated levels of CU traits (CP + CU; n = 25) versus low CU traits (CP-only; n = 47), and typically developing children (TD; n = 28). RESULTS: Relative to TD children, children with clinical CP showed less congruent and more incongruent facial emotional expressions to sad and happy film clips, controlling for child sex, age, and ethnicity. CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with older samples, young children with CP show atypical facial emotional expressions in response to positive and negative emotional stimuli. Findings have implications for developmental models of childhood antisocial behavior and can inform the development of targeted interventions

Conduct disorder · Developmental psychology · Medical emergency · Poison control · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

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