Predictors and Outcomes of Joint Trajectories of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Conduct Problems in Childhood
Predictors and Outcomes of Joint Trajectories of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Conduct Problems in Childhood
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DOI：
10.1037/a0022620
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发表时间：
2011-08-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Viding, Essi
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作者：
Fontaine, Nathalie M. G.;McCrory, Eamon J. P.;Viding, Essi
冷酷无情（CU）特质与儿童的反社会和犯罪行为有关，是成人精神病的潜在危险因素。然而，有一个缺乏纵向研究，探讨这些特质的发展，他们的纵向协会与行为问题（CP），他们的心理社会预测和结果。使用双胞胎早期发展研究（N = 9，578）纵向跟踪的大样本儿童，我们描述了儿童期（7岁至12岁）CU性状和CP的联合发展轨迹，并检查了儿童和家庭水平的预测因子（4岁）以及与轨迹相关的伴随结果（12岁）。以教师对7 ~ 12岁儿童的认知能力和合作精神的评定为特征，研究儿童认知能力的发展轨迹。使用一般的生长混合模型，我们确定了四个轨迹的CU性状（稳定高，增加，减少，稳定低）和两个轨迹的CP（高和低）。与遵循CU特征和CP低轨迹的儿童相比，那些遵循CU特征和CP高轨迹的儿童在4岁时具有更多的负面儿童和家庭水平预测因子（包括CP，多动，父母负管教和家庭混乱）。高或不断增加的CU特征和伴随的高水平CP的儿童在12岁时呈现出最负面的结果（包括多动，同伴问题，情绪问题和负面的父母感受）。儿童期具有高CU特征和伴随的高CP水平的儿童应优先进行有针对性的干预。
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are associated with antisocial and delinquent behaviors in children and represent a potential risk factor for adult psychopathy. However, there is a paucity of longitudinal research that explores the development of these traits, their longitudinal association with conduct problems (CP), and their psychosocial predictors and outcomes. Using a large sample of children followed longitudinally from the Twins Early Development Study (N = 9,578), we described the joint developmental trajectories of CU traits and CP during childhood (between ages 7 and 12) and examined the child- and family-level predictors (4 years old) and concomitant outcomes (12 years old) associated with the trajectories. The developmental trajectories were characterized with teachers' ratings of CU traits and CP from ages 7 to 12. Using general growth mixture modeling, we identified four trajectories of CU traits (stable high, increasing, decreasing, and stable low) and two trajectories of CP (high and low). Compared with the children who followed a low trajectory of CU traits and CP, those who followed a high trajectory of CU traits and CP had more negative child- and family-level predictors at 4 years (including CP, hyperactivity, negative parental discipline, and chaos in the home). Children with high or increasing levels of CU traits and concomitant high levels of CP presented the most negative outcomes at 12 years (including hyperactivity, peer problems, emotional problems, and negative parental feelings). Children with high CU traits and concomitant high levels of CP in childhood should be prioritized for targeted intervention.