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ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2021

Commentary: Implications for future research on the genetic and environmental causes of callous-unemotional traits - a commentary on Takahashi et al (2020).

Paul J Frick

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Article in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Parenting moderates the etiology of callous-unemotional traits in middle childhood.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022
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Paul J FrickDepartment of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.

Funding

Medical Research Council G0901245Medical Research Council MR/M021475/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Takahashi et al. (2020) showed that CU traits at age 7 were highly heritable, that the genetic influences underlying the course of CU traits from age 7 to 16 were largely independent from those underlying the initial level, and that the genetic influences on CU traits in early childhood were substantially different from the genetic influences on these traits in adolescence. This commentary on these important and provocative findings focuses on their implications for future research. Specifically, it notes that future studies attempting to find genetic loci related to CU traits need to consider that such loci may differ depending on the age of the sample and this research needs to consider several important considerations when measuring CU traits that can influence the results. Further, the results of Takahashi et al highlight the importance of environmental influences on the stability of CU traits that could play an important role in treatment.

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Conduct DisorderAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolEmotionsHumansassessmentCallous-unemotional traitsgeneticsparentingstabilitytreatment

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PMID32659027

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