Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Behav Ther. 2020 Mar;51(2):223-237. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2019.06.007. Epub 2019 Jun 24.
Affective traits, including irritability and limited prosocial emotions/callous-unemotional traits (LPE/CU), each explain significant variance in youth conduct problems but few studies have examined these constructs simultaneously. This study examined whether irritability, LPE/CU, or their combination explained significant variance in measures of internalizing or externalizing psychopathology, aggression, peer problems, impairment, or parenting. Participants were 219 elementary-school-age children, including 178 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and/or conduct disorder and 41 typically developing children. Results of analyses showed that irritability and LPE/CU had significant and sometimes unique associations with measures of child behavior, impairment, and parenting. There was also evidence that the interaction between irritability and LPE/CU was significantly associated with aggression and impairment. These findings suggest that irritability and LPE/CU should be examined together when assessing and treating conduct problems in youth.
情感特质，包括易怒和有限的亲社会情感/冷酷无情特质（LPE/CU），都可以解释青少年行为问题的显著差异，但很少有研究同时检验这些结构。本研究考察了易怒、LPE/CU 或它们的组合是否可以解释内化或外化精神病理学、攻击性、同伴问题、障碍或养育方面的测量结果的显著差异。参与者包括 219 名小学年龄的儿童，其中包括 178 名患有注意缺陷/多动障碍、对立违抗性障碍和/或品行障碍以及 41 名发育正常的儿童。分析结果表明，易怒和 LPE/CU 与儿童行为、障碍和养育方面的测量结果有显著且有时是独特的关联。也有证据表明，易怒和 LPE/CU 之间的相互作用与攻击性和障碍显著相关。这些发现表明，在评估和治疗青少年的行为问题时，应该同时检查易怒和 LPE/CU。
