SynthesisChild psychiatry and human development2025
Parenting Characteristics and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Children Aged 0-6 Years: A Systematic Narrative Review.
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- Out of Sync: Parent-Child Behavioral Synchrony in Conduct Problem Subgroups.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Using machine learning to identify parenting features prospectively related to callous-unemotional traits from infancy to early adolescence.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Disentangling the Reciprocal Relationships Between Maternal Emotional Expressiveness and Children's Callous-Unemotional Traits Through a Family Functioning Lens.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- The relationship between resilience and professional well-being among early childhood teachers: the chain mediating role of teacher pedagogical competence and self-efficacy.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Callous-Unemotional Traits and Gun Violence: The Unique Role of Maternal Hostility.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
There has been a growing interest in research examining the relationship between parenting and child callous-unemotional (CU) traits, particularly in early childhood. This study reviewed evidence from studies that investigated the relationship between parenting characteristics (e.g., caregiving beliefs, attitudes, behaviour or quality, or parental mental health) and callous-unemotional traits in children aged 0 to 6 years. A systematic search conducted according to PRISMA guidelines yielded 27 peer-reviewed articles. Analysis of the included articles suggested that there was strong evidence to support links between child CU traits and parenting characteristics (particularly, parental feelings about their child, warm parenting, and harsh/ inconsistent parenting). Taken together, the results of this review demonstrate the links between both positive and negative dimensions of parenting and CU traits in early childhood; however, mixed findings highlight the need for further research.
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