ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2020
Callous-Unemotional Traits and Disorganized Attachment: Links with Disruptive Behaviors in Toddlers.
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- 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
- Adolescent affective psychopathic traits: the long-term outcomes of mother-infant attachment across 14 years.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Childhood Experiences of Alternative Care and Callousness/Unemotionality: A Conceptual Model, Scoping Review, and Research Agenda.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Article
- Conception and Development of the Warmth/Affection Coding System (WACS): A Novel Hybrid Behavioral Observational Tool for Assessing Parent-to-Child Warmth.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- Facial reactions to emotional films in young children with conduct problems and varying levels of callous-unemotional traits.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Article
- Parental attachment and emotional intelligence mediates the effect of childhood maltreatment on callous-unemotional traits among incarcerated male adolescents.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Empathy, Self-control, Callous-Unemotionality, and Delinquency: Unique and Shared Developmental Antecedents.Child psychiatry and human development · 2022Article
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Abstract
Children with callous-unemotional (CU) traits and children with disorganized attachment patterns are at heightened risk of poor psychological outcomes but little is known about the overlap between these constructs and their unique contributions to conduct problems in early childhood. This study examined associations between CU traits, disorganized attachment, and conduct problem (CP) severity in a sample of clinic-referred toddlers with behavioral problems. Mother-child dyads (n = 56; mean child age 19.50 months) completed parent-report questionnaires, a dyadic play session, and the Strange Situation Procedure to assess child attachment pattern. Significant positive associations were found between CU traits and disorganized attachment, independent of CP severity. CU traits but not disorganized attachment predicted CP severity. Results indicate that among toddlers with clinic-referred disruptive behavior problems, there are clear links between CU traits and attachment disorganization. Of the two constructs, however, CU traits appear to be most salient in the expression of CPs.
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