University of California, Irvine.
Arizona State University.
Child Dev. 2020 Jan;91(1):e120-e133. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13176. Epub 2018 Oct 27.
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are a risk factor for severe and persistent patterns of juvenile delinquency. Given the influence of CU trait assessments in justice-system settings, it is important to determine whether the predictive utility of CU traits is conditional on the absence of protective psychosocial factors. Employing a sample of justice-involved male youth (N = 1,216, M = 15.29), this study examined whether psychosocial maturity (PSM) outweighs or attenuates the effect of CU traits on delinquency. Results indicated that youth with high CU traits or low PSM offended more during the year following their first arrest. Additionally, PSM moderated the relation between CU traits and offending, such that higher PSM was associated with less offending but only among low CU youth.
冷酷无情（CU）特征是青少年犯罪严重且持续模式的一个风险因素。鉴于 CU 特征评估在司法系统环境中的影响，重要的是要确定 CU 特征的预测效用是否取决于是否存在保护心理社会因素。本研究采用了一个涉及司法的男性青年样本（N=1216，M=15.29），检验了心理社会成熟度（PSM）是否超过或削弱了 CU 特征对犯罪的影响。结果表明，具有高 CU 特征或低 PSM 的青年在首次被捕后的一年中犯罪更多。此外，PSM 调节了 CU 特征与犯罪之间的关系，即较高的 PSM 与较少的犯罪有关，但仅在低 CU 青年中如此。
