SynthesisChild psychiatry and human development2016
Callous-Unemotional Traits as Markers for Conduct Problem Severity in Early Childhood: A Meta-analysis.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Parenting Characteristics and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Children Aged 0-6 Years: A Systematic Narrative Review.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Pooled it
- Role of Callous and Unemotional (CU) Traits on the Development of Youth with Behavioral Disorders: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Are Youth Psychopathic Traits Related to Bullying? Meta-analyses on Callous-Unemotional Traits, Narcissism, and Impulsivity.Child psychiatry and human development · 2017Pooled it
- Callous-Unemotional Traits as an Intervention Target and Moderator of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy-Emotion Development Treatment for Preschool Depression and Conduct Problems.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Internet-Delivered Parent Training for Preschoolers with Conduct Problems: Do Callous-Unemotional Traits Moderate Efficacy and Engagement?Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2020Trial
- Effects of Parent Training on Callous-Unemotional Traits, Effortful Control, and Conduct Problems: Mediation by Parenting.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2017Trial
- Exploring the Utility of the Limited Prosocial Emotions Specifier for Subtyping Conduct Problems and Oppositional Defiant Problems: A Multi-informant Study.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Did Your Mum Not Hug You Enough? The Effects of Attachment Experience and Callous-Unemotional Traits on Catcalling Behavior in Men.Violence against women · 2026Article
- Problematic media use and callous-unemotional behaviors in early childhood: the roles of emotion regulation and parental mediation.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Applying a Network Approach To Characterize Gender Differences in Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits among Children from Two Countries.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Decoding emotions: The unique and combined roles of callous-unemotional traits and anxiety in facial emotion recognition in children.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Associations among Caregiving Helplessness, Parenting Stress and Child Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Clinic-Referred Sample.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Neglect and Behavior Problems in Early Childhood: A Test of Indirect Effects Through Emotion Knowledge.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Heterogeneity of early-onset conduct problems: assessing different profiles, predictors and outcomes across childhood.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Linking Callous-Unemotional Traits to Social Withdrawal Among Young Chinese Left-Behind Children: Examining the Moderated Mediation Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Callous-unemotional traits, cognitive functioning, and externalizing problems in a propensity-matched sample from the ABCD study.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Article
- Callous-Unemotional Traits and Conduct Problems in Children: The Role of Strength and Positive Characteristics.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Measurement invariance of the inventory of Callous‑Unemotional traits in different age groups from preschool age to late adolescence in Germany.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Newborn Brain Function and Early Emerging Callous-Unemotional Traits.JAMA psychiatry · 2024Article
- Childhood conduct problems and parent-child talk during social and nonsocial play contexts: a naturalistic home-based experiment.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Extensive research has shown that callous-unemotional (CU) traits in middle-childhood and adolescence are markers for a particularly severe and chronic pattern of antisocial behavior (Frick et al. in Psychol Bull 140:1-57, 2014). Comparatively little, however, is known about the relationship between CU traits and antisocial behavior in early childhood. A meta-analysis of k = 10 studies comprising n = 5731 participants was conducted to examine the relationship between CU traits and conduct problem severity prior to 5 years of age. Overall, a significant positive relationship was found between CU traits and conduct problem severity, in the order of large effect size (r = .39, p < .001). Moderator analyses revealed that this relationship differed based on use of same versus different informant across measures, but was consistent across sex and sample type (at-risk/clinic referred or community). This supports the view that CU traits represent a potentially informative focus for clinical assessment in early childhood.
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