Associations of interpersonal trust with juvenile offending/conduct disorder, callous-unemotional traits, and criminal recidivism.

ABSTRACT: Interpersonal trust has been described as a core dimension of cooperative, mutually beneficial interpersonal relationships but it is unclear if it is related to antisocial behaviours in youth. The present study aimed at analysing a subsample of male juveniles who committed serious violent offenses and met criteria of conduct disorder (JO/CD), and a subsample of healthy controls (HC) using a series of trust games (TGs). Twenty-four male JO/CD and 24 age matched male HC performed a series of eight one-shot TGs against different unknown human respectively computer opponents. Mixed model analyses found a non-significant trend that JO/CD invested less points than HC during TGs. In the subsample of JO/CD, the overall investment in TGs was found to be negatively associated with self-reported unca

SUBMITTER: Aebi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9085823 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature