University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2011 Mar;52(3):248-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02336.x. Epub 2010 Nov 12.
Delinquent youth with callous-unemotional (CU) traits may have a unique social-cognitive processing pattern that perpetuates their violent behavior. The current study examined the association between CU traits and the endorsement of deviant social goals during peer conflicts as well as expectancies and values regarding victim suffering following aggression.
Participants included 156 (84 males, 72 females) adjudicated juveniles residing at two gender-specific residential facilities in an urban city within the southeastern United States. The association between CU traits and participants' ratings of their social goals in hypothetic conflict situations and outcome expectancies/values regarding victim suffering were examined after controlling for prior violence, intelligence, and demographic covariates.
CU traits were associated with an increased endorsement of social goals associated with revenge, dominance, and forced respect in social conflict situations. Adjudicated youth with CU traits were also less likely to endorse conflict avoidance and friendship building as important social goals when provoked by peers. There was no association between CU traits and expectations for victim suffering following aggression, but CU traits were significantly associated with lower levels of concern about victim suffering. These findings were significant after controlling for participants' prior history of violence, intelligence, and demographic covariates.
Adjudicated youth with CU traits tend to emphasize power-oriented goals when provoked by peers and have little interest in rectifying social conflicts to build potential friendships with others. Juveniles with CU traits seem to be aware that their aggressive behavior will cause others to suffer, but they do not care when it does.
具有无情（CU）特质的不良少年可能具有独特的社会认知加工模式，这种模式会使他们的暴力行为持续存在。本研究考察了 CU 特质与同伴冲突期间异常社会目标的认可以及对侵略后受害者痛苦的预期和价值观之间的关系。
参与者包括 156 名（84 名男性，72 名女性）被判定居住在美国东南部一个城市两个性别特定住所的少年犯。在控制先前暴力行为、智力和人口统计学协变量后，检查 CU 特质与参与者在假设冲突情况下对其社会目标的评价以及对受害者痛苦的预期/价值观之间的关系。
CU 特质与与复仇、支配和在社会冲突情况下强迫尊重相关的社会目标的增加认可有关。具有 CU 特质的被判定的青少年在被同龄人激怒时也不太可能将避免冲突和建立友谊作为重要的社会目标。CU 特质与侵略后对受害者痛苦的预期之间没有关联，但 CU 特质与对受害者痛苦的关注程度较低有关。这些发现具有重要意义，在控制参与者先前的暴力行为、智力和人口统计学协变量后。
被判定的 CU 特质青少年在被同龄人激怒时往往更强调以权力为导向的目标，并且对纠正社会冲突以与他人建立潜在友谊几乎没有兴趣。具有 CU 特质的青少年似乎意识到他们的攻击性行为会导致他人痛苦，但他们并不在乎。
