SynthesisJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2023
Treatment of childhood disruptive behavior disorders and callous-unemotional traits: a systematic review and two multilevel meta-analyses.
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- What Do We Know About the Stop Now and Plan Program? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of an Early Invention for Children and Youth with Conduct Problems.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Pooled it
- Emotion Recognition Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic Traits: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Pooled it
- 'Pilot RCT of a new treatment for child conduct problems that have not responded to evidence-based parent training'.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Affective theory of mind impairments linked with callous-unemotional traits implicate cognitive control: A pre-registered double-blind randomized controlled trial with a dual-task paradigm.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Trial
- Treatment Outcomes of Children with Primary Versus Secondary Callous-Unemotional Traits.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Trial
- Predictors and moderators of problem-focused social skills training versus resource activation for children with disruptive behavior problems.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- 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
- Neuroanatomical Subtypes of Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Community Sample of Youth.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Identifying prospective temperament predictors of callous-unemotional traits using machine learning.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Prioritizing treatment targets for youths with disruptive behaviours and callous-unemotional traits: a modified Delphi study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The nature and nurture of primary and secondary callous-unemotional traits: evidence from two independent twin samples.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- Do Children with High Callous-Unemotional Traits Have Attentional Deficits to Emotional Stimuli? Evidence from a Multi-Method and Multi-Informant Study.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Complex presentations of child conduct problems: Validation of a competency-based model for clinical practice.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Bidirectional Within-Person Associations Between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Student-Teacher Relationships Across Elementary School.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Annual Research Review: Early conduct problems - precursors, outcomes, and etiology.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Review
- Using machine learning to identify parenting features prospectively related to callous-unemotional traits from infancy to early adolescence.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Predictive Relations Between Early Adversity, Nonlinear Trajectories of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Functioning, and Later Callous-Unemotional Traits.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Using Machine Learning to Identify Infant and Child Environmental and Biological Predictors of Callous-Unemotional Traits.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Emotion Recognition in a Community Sample of Children: Unpacking the Contribution of Psychopathic Traits.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 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
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Abstract
backgroundChildren with callous-unemotional (CU) traits are at high lifetime risk of antisocial behavior. It is unknown if treatments for disruptive behavior disorders are as effective for children with CU traits (DBD+CU) as those without (DBD-only), nor if treatments directly reduce CU traits. Separate multilevel meta-analyses were conducted to compare treatment effects on DBD symptoms for DBD+CU versus DBD-only children and evaluate direct treatment-related reductions in CU traits, as well as to examine moderating factors for both questions.
methodsWe systematically searched PsycINFO, PubMed, Cochran Library (Trials), EMBASE, MEDLINE, APA PsycNet, Scopus, and Web of Science. Eligible studies were randomized controlled trials, controlled trials, and uncontrolled studies evaluating child-focused, parenting-focused, pharmacological, family-focused, or multimodal treatments.
resultsSixty studies with 9,405 participants were included (M
conclusionsDBD+CU children improve with treatment, but their greater DBD symptom severity requires specialized treatment modules that could be implemented alongside parenting programs. Conclusions are tempered by heterogeneity across studies and scant evidence from randomized controlled trials.
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