ReviewItalian journal of pediatrics2017
Conduct disorders and psychopathy in children and adolescents: aetiology, clinical presentation and treatment strategies of callous-unemotional traits.
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- Reference Values of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Youth Populations: A Systematic Literature Review.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2026Pooled 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
- Short-Term Impact of "Amaka Amasanyufu" Multiple Family Group Intervention on Mental Health Functioning of Children With Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Uganda.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Validation of the Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions (CAPE) and Subtype Differentiation of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Children and Adolescents: A Study Protocol.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessing Callous-Unemotional Traits Across Early Adolescence: Further Evaluation of Short Versions.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Environmental Risk Factors of Conduct Disorder: An Overview of Meta-Analyses.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- 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
- Why Do They Do It? The Psychology Behind Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents.Pediatric reports · 2025Review
- Moderators of the Effects of a Digital Parenting Intervention on Child Conduct and Emotional Problems Implemented During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From a Secondary Analysis of Data From the Supporting Parents and Kids Through Lockdown Experiences (SPARKLE) Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) scale: A Latent Profile Analysis with At-Risk Adolescents.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Article
- Associations between Subtypes of Empathy and Aggression in High-Risk Adolescents.Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment · 2024Article
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- The Underlying Mechanisms in the Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood and Conduct Disorder Symptoms in Late Adolescence.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- The Origins of the Dark-Hyperactivity and Negative Peer Relationships, an Objectively Lower Sleep Efficiency, and a Longer Sleep Onset Latency at Age Five Were Associated with Callous-Unemotional Traits and Low Empathy at Age 14.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Genetic versus environmental influences on callous-unemotional traits in preadolescence: The role of parenting and parental psychopathology.Development and psychopathology · 2022Article
- The bidirectional relationship between sleep and externalizing behavior: A systematic review.Sleep epidemiology · 2022Article
- Within-person Relations between Domains of Socio-emotional Development during Childhood and Adolescence.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Article
- Animal Abuse as an Indicator of Domestic Violence: One Health, One Welfare Approach.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- The significance of limited prosocial emotions among externalizing disorders in children.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Conduct Disorder (CD) is a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by a repetitive and persistent pattern of behaviour in which the basic rights of others and major age-appropriate social norms or rules are violated. Callous Unemotional (CU) traits are a meaningful specifier in subtyping CD for more severe antisocial and aggressive behaviours in adult psychopathology; they represent the affective dimension of adult psychopathy, but they can be also detected in childhood and adolescence. The CU traits include lack of empathy, sense of guilt and shallow emotion, and their characterization in youth can improve our diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic abilities. A strong genetic liability, in interaction with parenting and relevant environmental factors, can lead to elevated levels of CU traits in children. We pointed out that CU traits can be detected in early childhood, may remain stable along the adolescence, but a decrease following intensive and specialized treatment is possible. We here provide a narrative review of the available evidences on CU traits in three main domains: aetiology (encompassing genetic liability and environmental risk factors), presentation (early signs and longitudinal trajectories) and treatments.
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