Figueiredo Patrícia, Azeredo Andreia, Barroso Ricardo, Barbosa Fernando
Laboratory of Neuropsychophysiology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.
Department of Education and Psychology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Jul 18;14(7):609. doi: 10.3390/bs14070609.
In recent decades, many researchers have focused on the development of Conduct Problems from childhood to adolescence. Understanding behavior problems also requires an understanding of well-regulated characteristics. Focusing our assessment on strengths makes it possible, on the one hand, to help children or adolescents with deficits in important areas (e.g., socio-emotional deficits) to develop emotional regulation skills and adapt their responses to different contexts. This study aims to understand the role of self-competence, self-regulation, empathy, and responsibility (strength variables) in the relationship between Callous Unemotional characteristics and Conduct Problems, with a sample of 236 children aged between 3 and 10 years (M = 7.51, SD = 1.63), through mediation analysis. In general, our findings suggest that self-regulation significantly explains the relationship between the callous dimension of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Conduct Problems, pointing out that this strength variable seems to act as a protective factor against the development of behavior problems. No other mediation effects were found, and these results are considered in light of some limitations.
近几十年来，许多研究人员专注于儿童期至青少年期品行问题的发展。理解行为问题也需要理解良好调节的特征。将我们的评估聚焦于优势，一方面能够帮助在重要领域存在缺陷（如社会情感缺陷）的儿童或青少年培养情绪调节技能，并使他们的反应适应不同情境。本研究旨在通过中介分析，以236名3至10岁儿童（M = 7.51，SD = 1.63）为样本，了解自我能力、自我调节、同理心和责任感（优势变量）在冷酷无情特质与品行问题之间关系中的作用。总体而言，我们的研究结果表明，自我调节显著解释了冷酷无情特质量表中冷酷维度与品行问题之间的关系，指出这一优势变量似乎作为一种保护因素，防止行为问题的发展。未发现其他中介效应，并根据一些局限性对这些结果进行了考量。
