Facial reactions to emotional films in young children with conduct problems and varying levels of callous-unemotional traits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elevated levels of callous-unemotional (CU) traits have proven useful for identifying a distinct subgroup of children whose conduct problems (CP) are early emerging, severe, persistent, and underpinned by aberrant emotional processing. The early childhood emotional experiences and expressions of CP subtypes are poorly understood, despite their importance to understanding the problematic attachments and atypical social affiliation experienced by children with elevated CU traits. The current study aimed to test for differences in facial emotional reactions to mood-inducing film clips in children with CP and varying levels of CU traits.

Method

We compared facial emotional reactions during a developmentally appropriate mood induction task in a mixed-sex sample of clin

SUBMITTER: Kimonis ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10086822 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature