RT Article
T1 Executive Functioning, Reward/Punishment Sensitivity, and Conduct Problems in Boys With Callous-Unemotional Traits
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 13
SP 4008
OP 4023
A1 Platje, Evelien
A1 Huijbregts, Stephan C. J.
A1 van Goozen, Stephanie H. M.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/166528921X
AB Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are thought to characterize children exhibiting persistent and severe conduct problems (CPs). Reward and punishment sensitivity have often been investigated, yet executive function problems have mostly been studied in adults. Moreover, the level of co-occurring CPs is important to take into account. Therefore, the current study investigated differences in reward responsivity, punishment sensitivity, and executive functioning (EF) between four subgroups of general community boys (N = 346, Mage = 14.01 years, SD = 1.19): high CU/high CP, low CU/high CP, high CU/low CP, and low CU/low CP. Boys with high CU/high CP showed significantly more EF problems, but similar reward and punishment sensitivity as low CU/high CP boys. Boys with high CU/low CP did not differ from low CU/low CP boys. Severity of executive function problems appears to distinguish boys who show a combination of CU-traits and CPs from boys with CPs alone.
K1 Callous-unemotional traits
K1 Conduct problems
K1 Executive functioning
K1 Reward responsivity
K1 Punishment sensitivity
K1 Antisocial behavior
K1 Emotionale Unbeteiligkeit
K1 Antisoziales Verhalten
DO 10.1177/0306624X18758897