Callous Unemotional Traits

Question 1

What are callous-unemotional traits?

Answer 1

Subtyping conduct problems in children

Question 2

Four affective factors of psychopathy?

Answer 2

Callous/lacks empathy for others
Lacks remorse or guilt
Fails to accept responsibilty for own actions
Shallow affect

Question 3

Five CU traits?

Answer 3

Unconcerned about feelings of others (Frick et al, 2000)
Doesn't feel bad or guilty
Unconcerned re school work
Fails to keep promises
Doesn't keep the same friends

Question 4

Five similarites between CU traits /psychopathy in adulthood?

Answer 4

Children with CU show more serious offending
A particularly violent form of criminal behaviour
More likely to recidivate
Poor treatment progress
RElated to emotional processing deficits

Question 5

What does conduct problesm adn CU traits lead to?

Answer 5

More serious anti-social beahviour

Question 6

6 points on conduct problems + CU traits – severe AB

Answer 6

genetic
Preferene for dangerous, novel and exciting activities
REward-dominant
Emphasis positive aspects of aggression
LEss distressed by their imapct on others
Reduced emotioanl reactivity

Question 7

Conduct problems - CU - 7 points:

Answer 7

Higher rating of ADHD
LEss agressive - more reacitve forms of aggression
Intellectual deficits
Ineffective parenting practices - poor monitoring, supervision and use of harsh/inconsisent discipline
More anxiety - more reactive to distress of others
Emotion regulation problems
REactive to negative emotional stimuli

Question 8

What did Munos and Frick (2007) show?

Answer 8

Stable conduct problems = due to callous-unemotional traits combined with narcissism/impulsivity

Question 9

How did Cleckley’s (1976) clinical description of psychopaths describe them?

Answer 9

As above-average intelligence

Question 10

What did Salakin et al (2004) show psycopaths to have?

Answer 10

unimpaired cognitive abilities

Question 11

What did Moffit and Henry (1991) say

Answer 11

Youths with low verbal ability = more likely to engage in delinquency

Question 12

Munoz et al, 2008

Answer 12

Verbal abilty = protective but only for some

Question 13

What may intact verbal ability be a marker for>

Answer 13

Well-functioning emotional processing system

Question 14

What did Kimonis et al, 2007 show?

Answer 14

pro-actively agressive youth with CU show a deficit in processing affective information

Question 15

Munos et al?

Answer 15

Youths high on narcissism appear to preocess affective information differnet from youths high on CU

Question 16

3 signs from Sympathetic nervous system>

Answer 16

increase of heart rate
Constricts blood vessels
Increases sweating

Question 17

2 signs of para-sympthetic nervous system?

Answer 17

decreases heart rate

Dilates blood vessels

Question 18

Talk about pro-active aggression (3 points)

Answer 18

‘cold-blooded’
Tend to emphasise positive aspects of aggression
Associated wtih criminality in adolescence and adulthood

Question 19

Talk about reactive aggression (5 points)

Answer 19

'hot-headed'
Thoughts that people's actions = hostile
Impulsive
Emotional dysregulation
Associated with provocation

Question 20

What did Munoz et al 2008 show ?

Answer 20

HIghly aggresssive youth with CU traits show a disconnet between behaviour and physiology
The disconnect betewen expression of anger and experience of anger was supported in teh small group with CU traits

Question 21

Three psychopathic traits in youths?

Answer 21

fearless
Thrill-seeking
uninhibited temperament

Question 22

Role of emotions in growing up?

Answer 22

Fearful child – socialisation adults – empathy

Question 23

What happens when a child experiences punishment?

Answer 23

A rise in anxiety/arousal when experiencing a punihsment from parents shows that the child experiences punihsmnet as a negative thing

Question 24

What can be done to help conduct problems + CU?

Answer 24

Earlier interventions
Not parent disclipline techniques but parent-child relationsihp quality
Not emotion
Probably not empathy- could possibly hurt
Yes - teach ing parents to reinforce/reward pro social beahiouvrs
Maybe can change their views about the way to get what they want - CBT works well

Question 25

What can be done to help conduct problems - CU?

Answer 25

Both early and late interventions (Depends)
Parents and child: stop the coercive process
Target emotion-modulation and anger management
Empathy- could possibly help
Again they are reactive
Target hostile attributional bias