Primary and Secondary Variants of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Early and Middle Childhood: Distinction, Evaluation and Empathic Differences.

Payot, Morgane; Monseur, Christian; Stievenart, Marie

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Primary and Secondary Variants of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Early and Middle Childhood: Distinction, Evaluation and Empathic Differences.

Payot, Morgane; Monseur, Christian; Stievenart, Marie

2023 • In Child Psychiatry and Human Development

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Callous–unemotional; Cluster analysis; Empathy; ICU subscales; Variants; Psychiatry and Mental health; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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[en] Current literature demonstrates the relevance of considering two variants of CU traits based on high or low levels of anxiety. However, there is limited information about these variants in young community samples. The current study used cluster analyses to investigate the primary and the secondary variants of CU traits in two samples of children: preschool (N = 107; Mage = 4.95, SD = 0.62) and school-age (N = 153; Mage = 7.49, SD = 1.11). The identified clusters were compared on empathic dimensions, aggressive behavior and criteria from the "with limited prosocial emotions" specifier from the DSM-V. The primary variant was identified as early as preschool age while the secondary variant was only identified in the school-age sample. In this latter sample, the two variants did not differ on assessed variables, except for aggressive behavior. Despite the similarities between the two variants, these results suggest distinct developmental trajectories.

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Treatment & clinical psychology

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Payot, Morgane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychopathologie de l'enfance

Monseur, Christian ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des Sciences de l'éducation > Psychométrie et édumétrie

Stievenart, Marie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Logopédie > Logopédie clinique

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English

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Primary and Secondary Variants of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Early and Middle Childhood: Distinction, Evaluation and Empathic Differences.

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08 August 2023

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Child Psychiatry and Human Development

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0009-398X

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1573-3327

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC, United States

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ULiège - Université de Liège [BE]

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