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Psychopathic Traits and Social Functioning in Children
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | The current cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between self reported psychopathic traits and social functioning in children. The limited data available on this relationship show that children with high levels of psychopathic traits are not well liked by their peers (Barry, Barry, Deming, & Lochman, 2008; Piatigorsky & Hinshaw, 2004) and exhibit lower social competence (Barry et al., 2008). The present study sought to expand on these findings by exploring the relationship between psychopathic traits in children and a range of social functioning variables: social emotions, social goals and social status. Participants were 9–12 year old children (n=669, 47% boys) from the community. As expected, the general finding was that psychopathic traits were negatively related to all social functioning variables, though the relations were generally modest in size. Importantly, the results varied between the three dimensions of psychopathy, with the Callous-Unemotional dimension showing the most consistent negative relations. It was concluded that children with high levels of psychopathic traits suffer from impaired social functioning emotionally, motivationally, and interpersonally and that these problems may be important targets for future interventions for this group. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/16054/05.pdf?sequence=8 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
