Irritability and Limited Prosocial Emotions/Callous-Unemotional Traits in Elementary-School-Age Children

Affective traits, including irritability and limited prosocial emotions/callous-unemotional traits (LPE/CU), each explain significant variance in youth conduct problems but few studies have examined these constructs simultaneously. This study examined whether irritability, LPE/CU, or their combination explained significant variance in measures of internalizing or externalizing psychopathology, aggression, peer problems, impairment, or parenting. Participants were 219 elementary-school-age children, including 178 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and/or conduct disorder and 41 typically developing children. Results of analyses showed that irritability and LPE/CU had significant and sometimes unique associations with measures of child behavior, impairment, and parenting. There was also evidence that the interaction between irritability and LPE/CU was significantly associated with aggression and impairment. These findings suggest that irritability and LPE/CU should be examined together when assessing and treating conduct problems in youth.

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Work Title Irritability and Limited Prosocial Emotions/Callous-Unemotional Traits in Elementary-School-Age Children
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  1. Daniel A. Waschbusch
  2. Raman Baweja
  3. Dara E. Babinski
  4. Susan D. Mayes
  5. James G. Waxmonsky
Keyword
  1. Conduct problems
  2. Irritability
  3. Limited prosocial emotions
  4. Callous-unemotional traits
License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives)
Work Type Article
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  1. Behavior Therapy
Publication Date March 2, 2020
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  1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.06.007
Deposited December 05, 2023

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    • Conduct problems, Irritability, Limited prosocial emotions, Callous-unemotional traits
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