CALLOUS/UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS AND CONDUCT PROBLEMS

冷酷无情的特质和行为问题

• 批准号: 2403842
• 负责人: PAUL J FRICK
• 金额: $ 11.65万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN TUSCALOOSA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-01 至 2002-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2403842
• 关键词: antisocial personality; behavioral /social science research tag; child (0-11); child behavior; child psychology; clinical research; conduct disorder; disease /disorder proneness /risk; family structure /dynamics; gender difference; human subject; intelligence; longitudinal human study; mental health epidemiology; psychological tests; socioeconomics; statistics /biometry

In this proposal, a theoretical model is developed which considers the role of Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits in the development and persistence of conduct problems. In this theory, CU traits are related to a specific temperamental style: low behavioral inhibition. Once CU traits develop, it places the child at high risk for developing a severe and chronic pattern of antisocial behavior. In this theory there are other pathways involving other etiological factors (e.g., family dysfunction, low intelligence, economic disadvantage, hostile attributional bias, that can lead to conduct problems in children without CU traits. However, to understand the role of these etiological factors in the development of antisocial behavior, their interaction with CU traits must be considered. For example, in a pilot study, maladaptive parenting was found to be associated with the development of conduct problems only in the absence of CU traits. Also in this theory, CU traits are used to explain some of the variations in the developmental trajectories of conduct problem behavior. Children with CU traits are predicted to account for a significant number of boys with an early onset of conduct problems who show an especially severe and persistent pattern of antisocial behavior. The model also attempts to explain gender differences in these developmental trajectories, with girls who show CU traits in childhood being at risk for showing overt antisocial in adolescence. Several testable predictions that follow from this conceptual model are the focus of the proposed study which will be conducted in three phases. The first phase will involve a large community sample of school-aged children in two grade cohorts, grades 3 and 4 (n=800) and grades 6 and 7 (n=800). These children will be screened on a measure of CU traits and on a measure of conduct problems. From this community sample, a smaller sample of children (n= 160) will be recruited to fill a 2 X 2 factorial design with high versus low scores on a measure of the CU traits and high versus low scores on a measure of conduct problems forming the two factors. This select sample of children will be the subject pool for the next two phases of the project which involves an initial in depth assessment followed by yearly follow-up assessments over the ensuing three years.

在该提案中，开发了一个理论模型，该模型考虑了 冷酷无情（CU）特征在发展和发展中的作用 行为问题的持续存在。在这个理论中，CU 特征是 与特定气质风格相关：低行为 抑制。一旦 CU 特质发展起来，孩子就会处于高位 形成严重且长期的反社会模式的风险 行为。在这个理论中，还有其他途径涉及其他 病因（例如，家庭功能障碍、智力低下、 经济劣势、敌对归因偏见，这可能导致 没有 CU 特征的儿童存在品行问题。 然而，为了 了解这些病因在发育中的作用 的反社会行为，他们与 CU 特征的相互作用必须是 经过考虑的。例如，在一项试点研究中，不适应的养育方式 被发现与行为问题的发展有关 仅在没有 CU 特征的情况下。同样在这个理论中，CU特征 用于解释发育过程中的一些变化 行为问题行为的轨迹。具有CU特征的儿童 预计有相当数量的男孩患有 行为问题较早出现，表现出特别严重和 持续的反社会行为模式。该模型还尝试 为了解释这些发展轨迹中的性别差异， 童年时表现出 CU 特征的女孩面临以下风险： 在青春期表现出明显的反社会行为。几个可测试的 从这个概念模型得出的预测是重点 拟议的研究将分三个阶段进行。这 第一阶段将涉及大量学龄儿童社区样本 两个年级组的孩子，3 年级和 4 年级 (n=800) 以及 6 年级 和 7 (n=800)。 这些儿童将接受 CU 措施的筛查 特征和行为问题的衡量标准。来自这个社区 样本，将招募较小的儿童样本（n = 160） 用高分和低分来填充 2 X 2 因子设计 CU 特征的测量以及高分与低分的测量 品行问题是由两个因素形成的。本次选取样本 儿童将成为接下来两个阶段的主题池 项目涉及初步深入评估，然后 随后三年内每年进行后续评估。