具有冷酷无情特质男孩的执行功能、奖惩敏感性与行为问题
Executive Functioning, Reward/Punishment Sensitivity, and Conduct Problems in Boys With Callous-Unemotional Traits.
作者信息
Platje Evelien, Huijbregts Stephan C J, van Goozen Stephanie H M, Popma Arne, Cima Maaike, Swaab Hanna J T
机构信息
1 Leiden University, The Netherlands.
2 Ministry of Security and Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands.
出版信息
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 Oct;62(13):4008-4023. doi: 10.1177/0306624X18758897. Epub 2018 Mar 13.
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are thought to characterize children exhibiting persistent and severe conduct problems (CPs). Reward and punishment sensitivity have often been investigated, yet executive function problems have mostly been studied in adults. Moreover, the level of co-occurring CPs is important to take into account. Therefore, the current study investigated differences in reward responsivity, punishment sensitivity, and executive functioning (EF) between four subgroups of general community boys ( N = 346, M = 14.01 years, SD = 1.19): high CU/high CP, low CU/high CP, high CU/low CP, and low CU/low CP. Boys with high CU/high CP showed significantly more EF problems, but similar reward and punishment sensitivity as low CU/high CP boys. Boys with high CU/low CP did not differ from low CU/low CP boys. Severity of executive function problems appears to distinguish boys who show a combination of CU-traits and CPs from boys with CPs alone.
冷酷无情(CU)特质被认为是表现出持续且严重行为问题(CPs)的儿童的特征。人们经常研究奖励和惩罚敏感性,但执行功能问题大多是在成年人中进行研究的。此外,共现CPs的程度也很重要,需要加以考虑。因此,本研究调查了普通社区男孩四个亚组(N = 346,M = 14.01岁,SD = 1.19)在奖励反应性、惩罚敏感性和执行功能(EF)方面的差异:高CU/高CP、低CU/高CP、高CU/低CP和低CU/低CP。高CU/高CP的男孩表现出明显更多的EF问题,但与低CU/高CP的男孩在奖励和惩罚敏感性方面相似。高CU/低CP的男孩与低CU/低CP的男孩没有差异。执行功能问题的严重程度似乎可以将表现出CU特质和CPs组合的男孩与仅患有CPs的男孩区分开来。