CALLOUS/UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS AND CONDUCT PROBLEMS

冷酷无情的特质和行为问题

• 批准号: 2890788
• 负责人: PAUL J FRICK
• 金额: $ 9.47万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
• 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/2890788
• 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.

在这个建议中，开发了一个理论模型，该模型考虑 无情的非情感（CU）特征在发展中的作用， 行为问题持续存在。在这个理论中，CU特征是 与特定的气质风格有关：低行为 抑制作用一旦CU特征发展，它将孩子置于高 发展严重和慢性反社会模式的风险 行为在这个理论中，还有其他途径涉及其他 病因学因素（例如，家庭功能失调，智力低下 经济劣势，敌对归因偏见，这可能导致 没有CU特征的儿童的行为问题。 但要 了解这些病因因素在发展中的作用 反社会行为，他们与CU特征的相互作用必须是 考虑了例如，在一项试点研究中， 被发现与行为问题的发展有关 只有在没有CU特征的情况下。同样在这个理论中，CU特征 被用来解释一些发展中的变化， 行为问题的轨迹。具有CU特质的儿童 预计将占相当数量的男孩， 早期出现的行为问题，表现出特别严重， 持续的反社会行为模式。该模型还试图 为了解释这些发展轨迹中的性别差异， 在童年表现出CU特征的女孩有可能 在青春期表现出明显的反社会倾向几个可测试的 从这个概念模型得出的预测是 建议的研究将分三个阶段进行。的 第一阶段将涉及一个大的学龄儿童社区样本， 两个年级队列的儿童，3年级和4年级（n=800）和6年级 7例（n=800）。 这些孩子将被筛选的措施CU 特征和行为问题的衡量标准。从这个社区 样本，将招募较小的儿童样本（n= 160）， 用高与低的分数填充2 × 2析因设计， 测量CU特征和高与低分数的测量， 行为问题形成的两个因素。这个精选的 儿童将成为未来两个阶段的主题库， 该项目涉及初步深入评估， 在随后的三年里每年进行一次后续评估。